The Shiner St. Paul Cardinals fell in the 2016 season opener on the road to Yorktown on Friday, 16-6, despite a good offensive output.

The Cardinals (0-1) took the lead with under three minutes elapsed in the game as quarterback Austin Barton ran 52 yards for a touchdown. The point after was missed but St. Paul was ahead 6-0 at the 9:43 mark of the first quarter.

The Wildcats answered with a short touchdown pass from Jayden Webb to Nathan London and Ysrido Garza converted the two-point conversion run, giving Yorktown an 8-6 advantage.

A 4-yard touchdown run by Cy Streiber and a two-point run by Ryan Zuniga upped the 'Cats' advantage to 16-6 with 5:08 left in the first half.

Barton led St. Paul on offense as he ran for 121 yards and completed 8-of-23 passing for 105 yards.

Noah Leist had two catches for 44 and Joseph Natal had two grabs for 21 yards.

GAME STATISTICS

   Yorktown 16, Shiner St. Paul 6
     August 26, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
     Wildcat Stadium, Yorktown


  SCORING SUMMARY

                  1    2    3    4      F
    St. Paul     6    0    0    0  --  6
    Yorktown      8    8    0    0  -- 16

  SCORING DETAILS:

    First Quarter
      SP - Austin Barton 52 run (kick failed), 9:43 1Q.
      Y  - Nathan London 7 pass from Jayden Webb (Ysidro Garza run), 6:51 1Q

    Second Quarter
      Y  - Cy Streiber 4 run (Ryan Zuniga run), 5:08 2Q.

    Third Quarter
      no score

    Fourth Quarter
      no score


  TEAM STATISTICS:

                       St Paul    Yorktown
    First downs             15           7
    Rushes-yards        40-223      31-168
    Passing yards          104          28
    Passes              8-23-2         3-9
    Penalties-yards       3-20        7-65
    Fumbles-lost           0-0         2-0
    Punts-average      3-20.66     6-32.66


  INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS:

  Rushing
    SP: Austin Barton 17-121, Conor Kresta 13-74, Joseph Natal 8-26, Tre'Zell Jenkins-Perry 2-2.
    Y:  Cy Streiber 12-85, Luke Romans 11-51, Ja-Mel Wade 2-26, Ryan Zuniga 2-5, Jayden Webb 4-1.

  Passing
     SP: Barton 9-23-86-2, River Haynes 0-1-0-0.
     Y: Webb 3-9-28-0.

  Receiving
    SP: Noah Leist 2-44, Joseph Natal 2-21, Ryan Bell 2-17, Kresta 1-14, Haynes 1-8.
    Y: Nathan London 2-13, Wade 1-15.