St. Paul advances to TAPPS state final
Sunday, December 1, 2018
by Chuck Grafe, special to the Advocate
Victoria Advocate Story | Game Statistics | St. Paul Cardinal Football | St. Paul Cardinal Sports
COLUMBUS – Shiner St. Paul started the season 0-7, but has won when it counted.
Shiner St. Paul halfback Joseph Natal sets up the goa-ahead touchdown with a 67-yard run. Natal gained 205 yards on 33 carries and scored two touchdowns against Hallettsville Sacred Heart on Saturday, December 1, 2018.
[ NOTE: click photo to enlarge ]photos by Chuck Grafe, Hallettsville Tribune-Herald
The Cardinals overcame a 17-3 deficit with 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to take a 24-17 win over Hallettsville Sacred Heart in a TAPPS Division IV state semifinal game at Memorial Stadium Saturday afternoon.
Halfback Joseph Natal, who rushed for 205 yards on 33 carries, scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 2-yard run with 18 seconds remaining in the fourth period.
Natal set up the touchdown with a 67-yard run to the Indian 15 and scored three plays later to cap an 85-yard drive.
“We made some critical plays when we needed to,” said St. Paul coach Jake Wachsmuth. “The kids never gave up and continued to fight.
Sacred Heart (9-3) took a 17-3 lead with 3:47 to go in the third quarter on a 41-yard pass from quarterback Sam Brown to Dalton Grahmann.
St. Paul (5-8) replied with a 62-yard 17-play drive capped by a 1-yard run by Natal.
Hallettsville Sacred Heart quarterback Sam Brown breaks a 57-yard run to set up the first Indian touchdown. Brown rushed for 147 yards on 15 carries against Shiner St. Paul on Saturday, December 1, 2018.
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After the ensuing kickoff, the Indians fumbled on the first play from scrimmage and the Cardinals recovered at the Sacred Heart 40.
On a third-and-7 play from the Indians 22, Daltdon Jahn made a leaping catch of a Kai Giese pass for the touchdown and Sam Benes’ point after tied the game at 17-17.
Sacred Heart took a 7-0 lead on the opening possession of the game with halfback Cory Heger going in from 6 yards out to end an 81-yard, 6-play drive.
The teams then swapped field goals Benes kicking a 36-yarder and Josh Steffek booted one from 33 yards out and the Indians led 10-3 at the half.
Brown represented a large portion of the Indian offense with 147 yards rushing on 15 carries threw for 114 yards.
St. Paul amassed 355 yards total offense to Sacred Heart’s 288.
GAME STATISTICSShiner St. Paul 24, Hallettsville Sacred Heart 17 Saturday, December 1, 2018, 2:00 p.m. Columbus Memorial Stadium SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 F Sacred Heart 7 3 7 0 -- 17 St. Paul 0 3 0 21 -- 24 SCORING DETAILS: First Quarter HSH - Cory Heger 6 run (Josh Steffek kick), 9:13 1Q. Second Quarter SSP - Sam Benes 36 FG, 4:57 2Q. HSH - Steffek 33 FG, 3:47 2Q. Third Quarter HSH - Dalton Grahmann 41 pass from Sam Brown (Steffek kick), 3:47 3Q. Fourth Quarter SSP - Joseph Natal 1 run (Benes kick), 8:22 4Q. SSP - Dalton Grahmann 41 pass from Sam Brown (Steffek kick), 3:47 4Q. SSP - Natal 2 run (Benes kick), 0:18 4Q. TEAM STATISTICS: Sacred Heart St. Paul First downs 9 21 Rushes-yards 23-174 53-265 Passing yards 114 90 Passes 5-10 9-15 Penalties-yards 5-45 6-55 Fumbles-lost 2-2 1-1 Punts-aver 3-36.6 0-0.0 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS: Rushing HSH: Sam Brown 15-147, Austin Kraatz 3-11, Cory Heger 3-10, Lane Leopold 1-5, Jared Brown 1-1. SSP: Joseph Natal 33-205, Noah Boedeker 10-43, Zak Johnson 3-13, Carson Reese 1-5, Kai Giese 6-(-1). Passing HSH: Brown 5-10-0-114. SSP: Giese 9-15-0-90. Receiving HSH: Heger 2-45, Jared Brown 2-28, Dalton Grahmann 1-41. SSP: Dalton Jahn 5-62, Jared Pesek 2-6, Boedeker 1-23, Natal 1-(-1).
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