(12) Football sets new season-high point total in win over Culver-Stockton

CANTON, Mo. – No. 12 Benedictine Football scored on its first five possessions and added a defensive touchdown in the first 16 minutes of the game on Saturday en route to a 56-21 win over Culver-Stockton College.

The Ravens closed out Heart cross-division play with a new season-high point total as they finished the game against the Wildcats with 470 yards of total offense.

Benedictine led 35-0 after the first quarter with two rushing touchdowns, a defensive touchdown, and two passing touchdowns. Dalton Witherspoon capped off a 57-yard drive for the Ravens opening touchdown, a 4-yard rushing touchdown. Jackson Dooley connected on a 13-yard pass to Jacob Gathright for the Ravens second touchdown before Trey Williams scored on a 25-yard fumble recovery to make it 21-0 Ravens before the midpoint of the first quarter. Robbie Sharp scored on a 9-yard rushing and then Tanner Zimmerman caught a 3-yard pass from Dooley to make it 35-0 Ravens as the first quarter ended.

Sharp scored on a 9-yard rush for the Ravens only touchdown of the second quarter and then the Wildcats finally got on the board late in the quarter to send the game into halftime with Benedictine leading 42-7.

Zimmerman scored his second touchdown of the game for Benedictine's third quarter score on a 22-yard pass from Dooley and then Dooley scored on a 1-yard rush for the Ravens fourth-quarter touchdown.

Witherspoon finished with 70 yards rushing on 7 carries while Sharp added 66 yards on 10 carries. Dooley finished with 281 yards passing on 18 of 25 attempts. Gathright finished with 128 yards receiving on 4 catches to round out the Ravens offensive leaders.

Defensively, the Ravens finished with 6 sacks for a loss of 30 yards and a total of 9 tackles for a loss. Isaac Anderson led the Ravens with 6 tackles while Abram Phillips, Ben Gilliland, and Blake Casteel added 4 tackles each. Anderson, Phillips, Gilliland, Casteel, Tim Glaser, Kevin Harris, and Cole Johnson combined for 6 sacks with Harris recording 2. Johnson was also credited with the forced fumble that Williams returned.

The Ravens enter the bye week with an overall record of 5-1 with a 1-0 mark in the Heart South. They return to action on Oct. 18 hosting Missouri Baptist University at 1 p.m. as part of Homecoming Weekend.

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