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St Paul football: Cards score twice in fourth quarter to pull away from Indians

  • Sacred Heart is unable to catch Cardinal running back Carter Chilek on this 61-yard touchdown run, Chilek’s first of four in the game. He ran for 255 yards. Photo by Chuck Grafe/Hallettsville Tribune-Herald.
    Sacred Heart is unable to catch Cardinal running back Carter Chilek on this 61-yard touchdown run, Chilek’s first of four in the game. He ran for 255 yards. Photo by Chuck Grafe/Hallettsville Tribune-Herald.

    Carter Chilek carried St. Paul’s offense on his shoulders as the senior tailback rushed 44 times for 255 yards and all of the Cardinals’ four touchdowns in a 26-12 win at Hallettsville Sacred Heart on Friday.
    The win halts a three-game losing streak to the Indians; St. Paul’s last win over Sacred Heart was a 38-24 win back in 2022 which had been St. Paul’s sixth consecutive win over the Indians including posteason games. Just as important is the fact that St. Paul has now won two of two district games and has won three games in a row.
    Sacred Heart scored first on a 26-yard run by Wyatt Matura but failed the two-point play. St. Paul scored on the last play of the first quarter, a 61-yard run by Chilek and his point after gave St. Paul a 7-6 lead.
    Arien Henke’s 1-yard run with 11:03 left in the half and a missed two-point run gave Sacred Heart the lead back at 12-7.
    Chilek’s 1-yard run with 2:11 until halftime and his PAT put St. Paul back ahead 14-12.
    Neither team scored in the third quarter.  St. Paul took a 20-12 lead with 9:35 left in the game on a 3-yard run by Chilek with his PAT blocked. The Cardinals added another insurance touchdown at the 1:49 mark of the fourth quarter with a 2-yard run by Chilek and the two-point pass was no good, leaving St. Paul ahead 26-12.
    For St. Paul, Jack Ehrig had eight rushes for 39 yards, Donnie Jones IV had two carries for 7 yards and Tyler Pendley had five rushes for 6 yards.
    Pendley was 1-of-4 passing for 7 yards and one interception. Gabe Darilek had one catch for 7 yards.
    Arien Henke led Sacred Heart with 33 rushing yards and one touchdown.
    The Cardinals held Sacred Heart to six first downs, 71 rushing yards, 26 passing yards and just 97 total offensive yards. The Cards intercepted two passes and recovered on fumble.
    St. Paul defensive stats —Tyler Pendley, 7 tackles, 4 initial, 3 assists, 2 fumbles caused, 1 interception; Gabe Werner, 5 tackles, 4 assists, 1 initial; Deuce Blaschke, 1 tackle, 1 initial; Donnie Jones IV, 1 tackle, 1 assist; Andy Nunez, 1 tackle, 1 assist, 1 interception; Jack Ehrig, 2 tackles, 2 initial; Carter Chilek, 1 pass knocked down; Gabe Darilek, 1 tackle, 1 assist; Jacob Arriola, 5 tackles, 4 initial, 1 sack; Michael DeSarro, 2 tackles, 1 initial, 1 assist; Jack Leonard, 6 tackles, 2 initial, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack, 1 assist, 1 quarterback hurry, 1 fumble recovered; Levi Leonard, 1 tackle, 1 initial; Evan Rother, 6 tackles, 3 initial, 3 assists, 1 pass knocked down; Trevor Garcia, 2 tackles, 2 assists; Hudson Siegel, 1 tackle, 1 assist.
    St. Paul 26, Sacred Heart 12
    SSP    7    7    0    12    26
    HSH    6    6    0    0    12
    SH-Wyatt Matura 26 run (pass failed), 1Q.
    SP-Carter Chilek 61 run (Chilek kick), 0:00 1Q.
    SH-Arien Henke 1 run (run failed), 11:03 2Q.
    SP-Chilek 1 run (Chilek kick), 2:11 2Q.
    SP-Chilek 3 run (kick blocked), 9:35 4Q.
    SP-Chilek 2 run (pass failed), 1:49 4Q.
    Team stats    SSP    HSH
    First downs    19    6
    Rushes-yards    59-307    20-71
    Passing yards    7    26
    Passes    1-4-1    2-5-2
    Total plays-yards    63-314    25-97
    Penalties-yards    2-25    3-35
    Fumbles-lost    0-0    3-1
    Punts-aver    1-31.0    1-32.0
    Individual stats
    Rushing — SP: Carter Chilek 44-255, Jack Ehrig 8-39, Donnie Jones IV 2-7, Tyler Pendley 5-6. SH: Arien Henke 8-33, Wyatt Matura 5-29, Trent Sevcik 4-10, Dillon Goedrich 3-(-1).
    Passing — SP: Pendley 1-4-1-7. SH: Goedrich 2-5-2-26.
    Receiving — SP: Gabe Darilek 1-7. SH: Sevcik 2-26.