St. Paul football: Cards hold off Geneva 49-43

St. Paul had three backs each rush for over 100 yards as the Cardinals held off Boerne Geneva 49-43 Friday in Boerne.
Nate Boedeker led with 193 yards on 21 carries and three touchdowns.
 Sam Perez rushed a dozen times for 126 yards and caught a 6-yard touchdown pass.
Zane Barta ran 18 times for 113 yards and a trio of touchdowns.
Zeke Rodriguez passed for just 5 yards with one touchdown.
Perez had one kickoff return for 13 yards and he punted one time for 25 yards.
Blaine Humes had one interception.
St. Paul rushing — Nate Boedeker, 21-193, Sam Perez 12-126, Zane Barta, 18-113; Zeke Rodriguez, 8-28.
St. Paul passing — Rodriguez, 2-4-0-5.
St. Paul receiving — Perez, 1-6; Boedeker, 1-(-1).

Season stats
After five rounds of games, Boedeker is second in TAPPS IV District 2 rushing with 835 yards on 98 carries, 8.52 average, long run of 35 and eight touchdowns. Barta is third with 582 yards on 67 rushes, 8.68 per carry, a long of 75 and eight touchdowns. Perez is fifth with 293 yards on 24 totes, a 12.2 average, long of 61 and one touchdown.
Rodriguez is fourth in passing as he is 16-of-38 for 249 yards, a long pass of 33, six touchdowns and three interceptions with 15.56 yards per completion.
Barta has 34.3 yards on four kickoff returns to lead the district with 137 total yards and a long of 66.
Perez had five total punts for 127 yards, 25.4 per kick and a long of 34 while Jackson Seibert had two punts for 49 yards, 24.5 average and long of 38.
Humes had two interceptions.
The Cardinals offense leads the district with 2,100 total yards and 420 yards per game.
St. Paul has 1,851 total rushing yards, 370.2 average per game, 249 passing yards for 49.8 average a game and has committed seven turnovers..
Defense has yielded 1,831 yards (366.2 a game), 656 rushing (131.2) and 1,175 (235 average) and has forced six turnovers.