The St. Paul came within five and half minutes of their first victory of the season at Cypress Christian Friday ( September 21, 2018 ).
In the final 5:21 of the game, the Warriors scored two touchdowns to rally from a 20-14 deficit to win 28-20.
The Cardinals had a good offensive start to the contest with a 24-yard run by Carson Reese less than two minutes into the first quarter. Noah Boedeker added a 43-yard run for a 13-0 lead with 8:28 to go in the first period.
Cypress Christian got on the board with 10:24 left in the second on a 20-yard pass from Drue Hirth to Joseph Carbone. Reese had a 1-yard run at the 5:27 mark to put the Cardinals ahead 20-7.
Carbone caught a 5-yard pass from Hirth with just five seconds left in the half to slice the trail to 20-14. Carbone tied the game with 5:21 to go in the game with a 6-yard pass and the extra point for a 21-20 lead.
Christian Fleischauer gave the Warriors some breathing room with a 69 yard punt return at the 2:47 mark of the fourth.
The Cardinals host Weimar this week ( Friday, September 28, 2018 )for Homecoming.
GAME STATISTICSCypress Christian 28, St. Paul 20 September 14, 2018, 7:30 p.m. Cypress Christian School, NW Houston SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 F St. Paul 13 7 0 0 -- 20 Cypress Christian 0 14 0 14 -- 28 SCORING DETAILS: SSP - Carson Reese 24 run (Sam Benes kick), 10:13 1Q. SSP - Noah Boedeker 43 run (kick failed), 8:28 1Q. CC - Joseph Carbone 20 pass from Drue Hirth (Joshua Storey kick), 10:24 2Q. SSP - Reese 1 run (Benes kick), 5:27 2Q. CC - Carbone 5 pass from Hirth (Storey kick), 0:09 2Q. CC - Carbone 6 pass from Hirth (Storey kick), 5:21 4Q. CC - Christian Fleischauer 69 punt return (Storey kick), 2:47 4Q. TEAM STATISTICS: St. Paul Cypress Chr First downs 16 13 Rushes-yards 45-281 19-69 Passing yards 39 221 Passes 2-8 14-25-1 Penalties-yards 8-70 8-95 Fumbles-lost 3-1 1-0 Punts-aver 3-33.66 2-34.0 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS: Rushing SSP: Carson Reese 21-107, Zak Johnson 13-86, Noah Boedeker 9-78, Gerard Nunez 2-10. CC: Drue Hirth 7-47, Jackson Landrum 11-25, Christian Andrus 1-(-3). Passing SSP: Johnson 2-8-0-39. CC: Hirth 14-25-1-221. Receiving SSP: Cole Brown 1-25, Boedeker 1-14. CC: Joseph Carbone 8-136, Reid Chapman 2-62, Landrum 2-7, Joshua Storey 1-11, Jackson Owen 1-5.
Mark Lube is the sports editor for the Shiner Gazette. Contact him at 361-594-3346 or shinersports@sbcglobal.net |