A 13-yard touchdown run by Conor Kresta with less than a minute left in the game capped a St. Paul rally of 20 points for a 20-14 win at Austin Brentwood Christian on Friday ( September 29, 2017 ) to open district.
ABC took a 7-0 lead seven minutes into the game on a 68-yard run by quarterback Blake Benton. He doubled the Bears lead with a 21-yard touchdown pass to Phillip Mach with 2:10 left in the first half.
Kresta had a 5-yard run with 8:28 remaining in the third quarter to get the Cardinals within 14-6 after the point after missed.
Kresta had a 21-yard run and the Cardinals failed to get the two-point conversion, down 14-12 with 5:21 to go in the third.
River Haynes hit Joseph Natal for the two-point conversion after Kresta’s game-winning touchdown with 46 seconds left in the game.
GAME STATISTICSShiner St. Paul 20, Austin Brentwood Christian 14 Friday, September 29, 2017, 7:30 p.m. Brentwood Christian Stadium, Austin SCORING SUMMARY: 1 2 3 4 F Shiner St. Paul 0 0 12 8 -- 20 Austin Brentwood 7 7 0 0 -- 14 SCORING DETAILS: First Quarter ABC — Blake Benton 68 run (Jonah Connor kick), 5:02 1Q. Second Quarter ABC — Phillip Mach 21 pass from Benton (Connor kick), 1:10 2Q. Third Quarter SSP — Conor Kresta 5 run (kick failed), 8:28 3Q. SSP — Kresta 21 run (conversion failed, 5:21 3Q. Fourth Quarter SSP — Kresta 13 run (Joseph Natal pass from River Haynes), 0:46 4Q. TEAM STATISTICS: St. Paul Brentwood First downs 20 10 Rushes-yards 56-298 25-123 Passing yards 18 59 Passes 3-12 5-13-3 Penalties-yards 12-90 6-63 Fumbles-lost 2-1 0-0 Punts-aver 3-39.0 4-31.25 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS: Rushing SSP: Conor Kresta 33-227, Joseph Natal 12-59, River Haynes 10-9, Tre’Zell Jenkins-Perry 1-3. ABC: Blake Benton 6-81, Hunter Burcham 11-31, Ben O 7-10, Sam Orick 1-1. Passing SSP: Haynes 3-11-0-18, Kai Giese 0-1-0-0. ABC: Benton 5-13-3-59. Receiving SSP: Giese 3-18. ABC: Phillip Mach 2-36, O 2-20, Burcham 1-3.
Mark Lube is the sports editor for the Shiner Gazette. Contact him at 361-594-3346 or shinersports@sbcglobal.net |