St. Paul football: Cardinals finish regular season with 60-7 win over New Braunfels Christian Academy

St. Paul scored 33 first-quarter points, had 53 at halftime and rolled to a 60-7 rout of New Braunfels Christian Academy Friday night in the regular-season closer.
The Cardinals amassed a total of 321 rushing yards with Trent Brown and Zane Barta each rushing for over 100 yards and two touchdowns each.
Brayden Slaughter and Sam Perez each had one rushing touchdown; Jacob Wachsmuth threw for 90 yards and a touchdown pass to Josh Bonorden; Zeke Rodriguez returned a punt for a touchdown, and St. Paul’s defense intercepted three passes.
Barta had a 44-yard run, Wachsmuth hit Bonodren for a 46-yard strike and Rodriguez returned a punt 35 yards for a score as the Cardinals went up 21-0 four minutes into the game.
Brown had a 12-yard touchdown run and Slaughter had a 14-yard run to give St. Paul a 33-0 lead later in the quarter.
In the second frame, Brown scored on a 44-yard run, Boedeker had a 2-yard run and Perez scored on a 1-yard run for 20 more points and a 53-0 halftime lead.
Barta had a 51-yard third-quarter run to give the Cardinals a 60-0 lead 30 seconds into the third quarter. The Wildcats scored with two minutes left in the game on a 6-yard pass from Parker Joseph to Cole Reynolds.
St. Paul has a first-round bye and will play the winner of Tomball Rosehill Christian or Fort Worth Temple Christian in the TAPPS IV area round.
St. Paul 60, New Braunfels Christian 7
SP  33 20 7 0-60 
NBCA 0 0 0 7-7
SP-Zane Barta 44 run (Trent Brown kick), 10:30 1Q.
SP-Josh Bonorden 46 pass from Jacob Wachsmuth (Brown kick), 9:29 1Q.
SP-Zeke Rodriguez 35 punt return (Brown kick), 8:18 1Q.
SP-Brown 12 run (kick failed), 3:27 1Q.
SP-Brayden Slaugher 14 run (kick failed), 1:32 1Q.
SP-Brown 44 run (Brown kick), 9:05 2Q.
SP-Nate Boedeker 2 run (kick failed), 6:24 2Q,
SP-Sam Perez 1 run (Brown kick), 6:05 2Q.
SP-Barta 51 run (Brown kick), 11:30 3Q.
NBCA-Cole Reynolds 6 pass from Parker Joseph (Jonathan Ambs kick)m 2:00 4Q. 
Team stats                  SP                                 NBC
First downs                 13                                  12
Rushes-yards               23-321                        11-34
Passing yards               90                                194
Passes                      4-6                                 25-60-2
Penalties-yards             4-26                               0-0
Fumbles-lost                1-1                                  0-0
Punts-aver               1-29.0                                 2-27.5
Individual stats
Rushing — SSP: Zane Barta 3-107, Trent Brown 5-102, Nate Boedeker 4-53, Jacob Wachsmuth 2-34, Brayden Slaugher 2-19, Sam Perez 3-14. NBCA:  Parker Joseph 9-22, No. 22 1-12, Micah Duke 1-0.
Passing —SSP: Wachsmuth 4-6-0-90. NBCA: Joseph 25-60-3-194.
Receiving —SSP: Brown 2-44, Josh Bonorden 1-46, Vance Lucas 1-0. NBCA: Zach Evans 9-76, Crew Wright 6-22, Cole Reynolds 5-56, Jaxon Braumbach 2-25, No. 22 2-10, Hunter Boyd 2-6.