Conor Kresta rushed for 245 yards and three touchdowns as St. Paul pounded Beaumont Legacy Christian 48-18 in the TAPPS IV area round contest at Woodlands Christian on Friday.

Kresta also threw a 37-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Bell. Austin Barton added 94 yards on 13 carries with two touchdowns. Joseph Natal had 69 yards on eight carries and Bell carried twice for 27 yards.

Barton had an 11-yard run late in the first quarter to give St. Paul a 7-0 lead. He scored from 19 yards on the ground just a few seconds into the second box. Kresta found Bell for a 37-yard pass at the 6:31 mark of the second quarter and Beaumont Legacy got within 21-6 on a 12-yard pass from Tavian Mayfield to Reid Rogers.

The Cardinals scored twice more in the quarter — on a 3-yard run by Kresta (2:07) and a 21-yard fumble return by Natal (1:21).

Beaumont Legacy had a 7-yard run by Mayfield to get within 35-12 with seven seconds left in the half.

Kresta had another 3-yard touchdown run with 8:08 left in the game and Beaumont Legacy scored on a pass from Mayfield to Tristan Ozmun for 7 yards.

Kresta’s 2-yard run with 2:12 left capped scoring.

GAME STATISTICS

  source: Shiner Gazette


  Shiner St. Paul 48, Beaumont Legacy Christian 18
    November 18, 2016, 7:30 pm
    Warrior Stadium, The Woodlands


  SCORING SUMMARY
                               1    2    3    4       F
    Shiner St. Paul            7   28    0   13  --  48
    Beaumont Legacy Christian  0   12    0    6  --  18


  SCORING DETAILS:

    First Quarter
       SSP — Austin Barton 11 run (Frank Benes kick), 3:13 1Q.
       SSP — Barton 19 run (Benes kick), 11:51 2Q.

    Second Quarter
       SSP — Ryan Bell 37 pass from Conor Kresta (Benes kick), 6:31 2Q.
       BLC — Reid Rogers 12 pass from Tavian Mayfield (kick failed), 4:43 2Q.
       SSP — Kresta 3 run (Benes kick), 2:07 2Q.
       SSP — Joseph Natal 21 fumble return (Benes kick), 1:21 2Q.
       BLC — Mayfield 7 run (kick failed), 0:19 2Q.

    Third Quarter
       no score

    Fourth Quarter
       SSP — Kresta 3 run (kick failed), 8:08 4Q.
       BLC — Tristan Ozmun 7 pass from Mayfield (pass failed), 6:27 4Q.
       SSP — Kresta 2 run (Benes kick), 2:12 4Q.


  TEAM STATISTICS:

                       St. Paul  Beaumont Legacy
    First Downs              19               17
    Yards Rushing        57-435           19-132
    Yards Passing            37              190
    Passes                  1-4            17-30
    Fumbles-Lost            0-0              3-3
    Penalties-Yards        3-25             6-55
    Punts-Average         0-0.0           3-39.3


  INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS:

    Rushing
     SSP: Conor Kresta 34-235, Austin Barton 13-94, Joseph Natal 8-69, Ryan Bell 2-27.
     BLC: Tristan Ozmun 8-74, Tavian Mayfield 8-32, Taydren Espirit 1-26, Korien Burrell 2-0.

    Passing
     SSP: Kresta 1-1-0-37, Barton 0-3-0-0.
     BLC: Mayfield 17-30-0-188.

    Receiving
     SSP: Bell 1-37.
     BLC: Holden Reese 5-97, Espirit 5-34, Ozmun 4-30, Reid Rogers 3-29.