SHINER -- Flatonia held out in an offensive struggle against Shiner St. Paul that saw five first-quarter touchdowns and almost 800 yards of offense, beating the Cardinals 55-42.
Carrying the ball an amazing 41 times, Adrian Lighteard rushed for 344 yards and scored six touchdowns for Flatonia (3-0). Lighteard scored on runs of 56, 31, 10, 7 and 2 yards. He also scored by running 43 yards after snagging a blocked punt.
Shiner St. Paul (2-1) was led by quarterback Josh Soto who threw four touchdown strikes. Soto tossed two scoring passes to Matt Pohl for 35 and 32 yards. He also hit Gil Hodges for 43 yards and 23 yards to Kendall Kusak. Soto finished the night with 210 yards passing and hit 11 passes on 14 attempts and 1 interception.
Hodges scored two more times for the Cardinals, once on a 91 yard kickoff return and on a 17 yard run.
Also scoring for the Bulldogs was Alex Hernandez on a 3-yard run and quarterback Jordan Williams, who hit Zach Mikulenka for 11 yards.
GAME STATISTICS: Flatonia St. Paul First Downs 16 11 Yards Rushing 44-391 31-157 Yards Passing 94 210 Passes 6-15-0 11-14-1 Punts 1-24 1-26 Fumbles-lost 0-0 2-1 Penalties-yards 9-70 6-45 SCORING SUMMARY: 1 2 3 4 F Flatonia 14 14 7 20 -- 55 St. Paul 21 7 7 7 -- 42 SCORING DETAILS: First Quarter F - Adrian Lighteard 10 run (kick failed), 9:58 S - Gil Hodges 91 kickoff ret (Cuatro Rankin kick), 9:40 F - Alex Hernandez 3 run 2 pt conversion pass to Gabriel Vasquez, 6:53 S - Hodges 17 run (Rankin kick), 5:52 S - Josh Soto 23 pass from Kendall Kusak, 0:18 Second Quarter F - Lighteard 7 run (kick failed), 8:39 S - Soto 43 pass from Hodges (Rankin kick), 5:04 F - Lighteard 2 run,0:04 Third Quarter F - Jordan Williams 11 pass Zach Mikulenka (Dallas Ponder kick), 9:38 S - Soto 35 pass Matt Pohl (Rankin kick), 5:11 Fourth Quarter F - Lighteard return blocked punt 43 yd (Ponder kick), 7:26 F - Lighteard 56 run (Ponder kick), 5:20 S - Soto 32 pass Pohl (Rankin kick), 4:30 F - Lighteard 31 run (kick failed), 0:55