St. Paul football: Cardinals secure second place with 42-13 win over RC
Carter Chilek rushed for 180 yards and three touchdowns, and caught a touchdown pass as Shiner St. Paul secured the runner-up spot in district with a 42-13 win at Tomball Rosehill Christian on Friday.
Tyler Pendley also ran for a touchdown and Jack Ehrig added a touchdown on the ground.
Jacob Arriola led the Cardinal defense with 11 total tackles, four initial tackles, four assists, two sacks, one tackle for loss, one quarterback hurry and one fumble caused.
The Cardinals led 14-7 after the first quarter before outscoring Rosehill Christian 14-6 in the second frame and 13-0 in the second half.
The Eagles took an initial lead less than two minutes into the game on a 4-yard run by Caleb Davila at the 10:28 mark of the first quarter.
St. Paul forced a 7-7 tie with a 3-yard run by Chilek with 3:56 left in the opening period. He kicked the point after and was 6-for-6 on PATs in the game.
Less than two minutes later, St. Paul took the lead for good as Pendley scored on a 1-yard run at 2:05 for a 14-7 Cardinal lead.
Chilek scored on a 1-yard run with 2:16 left in the second quarter. The Eagles answered with a 28-yard pass from Davila to Grady Henderson but St. Paul blocked the point after, leaving them ahead 21-13.
St. Paul scored with 35 seconds left in the half on Pendley’s 75-yard pass to Chilek.
Chilek scored on a 3-yard run with 1:42 left in the third quarter and Ehrig scored on a 14-yard run for the icing on the cake with 6:55 left in the ball game.
Davila led Rosehill Christian on offense as he ran for 32 yards and one touchdown, was 1-for-1 passing for 28 yards and one touchdown and was the leading receiver with four grabs for 68 yards. Benjamin Moore led the Eagles on the round with 46 yards while Hudson Burk was 11-of-22 passing for 163 yards.
St. Paul defensive stats — Tyler Pendley, 6 tackles, 3 initial, 3 assists, 2 passes knocked, 1 down, 1 blocked kick; Gabe Werner, 3 tackles, 3 initial; Deuce Blaschke, 1 tackle, 1 initial; Donnie Jones IV, 6 tackles, 2 initial, 2 assists, 1 tackle for loss, 1 sack, 1 fumble caused; Jack Ehrig, 3 tackles, 3 initial; Casen Watts, 1 tackle, 1 initial; Carter Chilek, 1 tackle, 1 initia, 1 pass knocked down; Gabe Darilek, 2 tackles, 2 assists, 2 quarterback hurries; Jacob Arriola, 11 tackles, 4 initial, 4 assists, 1 tackle for loss, 2 sacks, 1 quarterback hurry, 1 fumble caused; Jack Leonard, 2 tackles, 1 initial, 1 tackle for loss, 1 quarterback hurry, 1 fumble recovery; Levi Leonard, 1 tackle, 1 assist; Evan Rother, 1 tackle, 1 assist; Trevor Garcia, 2 tackles, 1 initial, 1 assist, 1 fumble recovery.
St. Paul 42, Rosehill Christian 13
SP 14 14 7 7 42
RC 7 6 0 0 13
RC-Caleb Davila 4 run (Jesse Morais kick), 10:28 1Q.
SP-Carter Chilek 3 run (Chilek kick), 3:56 1Q.
SP-Tyler Pendley 1 run (Chilek kick), 2:05 1Q.
SP-Chilek 1 run (Chilek kick), 2:16 2Q.
RC-Grady Henderson 28 pass from Davila (kick blocked), 1:13 2Q.
SP-Chilek 75 pass from Pendley (Chilek kick), 0:35 2Q.
SP-Chilek 3 run (Chilek kick), 1:42 3Q.
SP-Jack Ehrig 14 run (Chilek kick), 6:55 4Q.
Team stats SP RC
First downs 24 12
Rushes-yards 59-334 13-71
Passing yards 94 191
Passes 2-4 12-23
Total plays-yards 63-428 36-292
Penalties-yards 8-75 1-5
Fumbles-lost 1-0 2-2
Punts-aver 0-0.0 1-48/0
Individual stats
Rushing — SP: Carter Chilek 35-180, Jack Ehrig 9-65, Tyler Pendley 7-46,Casen Watts 3-29, Donnie Jones IV 5-14. RC: Benjamin Moore 4-46, Caleb Davila 6-32, Hudson Burk 3-(-7).
Passing —SP: Pendley 2-4-0-94. RC: Burk 11-22-0-163, Davila 1-1-0-28.
Receiving — SP: Chilek 1-75, Ehrig 1-19. RC: Davila 4-68, Grady Henderson 4-67, Bo Smith 3-36, Landon Henderson 1-8, Burk 1-2.