Box Score
Game photo gallery by Ryan Coleman (d3photography.com)
Macalester jumped out to a 42-0 halftime lead and went on to roll over Trinity Bible (N.D.) in St. Paul. The Scots collected 529 yards in offense and punted just once.
Zandy Stowell (Fy., Chippewa Falls, Wis.) rushed for 98 yards and three touchdowns, and
Mike Adams (Sr., Chippewa Falls, Wis.) had a school-record 95-yard punt return and 74-yard scoring dash in the first quarter.
The Scots, who came within four points of matching a school record for points in a game, received Stowell touchdown runs from one, 31 and 11 yards away, and scoring runs from
T. Joe Loiselle (Sr., Chippewa Falls, Wis.) from five and 12 yards out, to go along with Adams' pair of breakaways. The three Chippewa Falls standouts, all of whom wore jersey No. 2 at CFHS, combined for seven of Mac's eight touchdowns.
Click here and scroll down for a Oct. 10 Chippewa Herald piece on Loiselle, Adams and Stowell
Mac snaps a three-game skid and improves to 4-3 on the season with three games to go. The Lions are now 3-5. Macalester averaged 9.4 yards per snap and six scoring drives were of five plays or less.
The defense was also dominant and posts its first shutout of the year. Through seven games, Macalester is allowing only 14.4 points and 264.1 yards per contest. The Scots intercepted a pair of passes, with
Jole Miller (So., Missouri Valley, Ia.) returning his third of the year 38 yards and
Nate Dwyer (Jr., New Hope, Minn. / West Lutheran) returning his 25 yards.
Spencer Robinson (Sr., Chattaroy, Wash. / Riverside) and
Nolan Kriegel (Jr., Danburg, Wis. / Webster) made nine tackles apiece and four Scots collected QB sacks. Macalester finished with 10 tackles for loss of yardage.
Quarterback
Clark Bledsoe (Sr., Jacksonville, Fla. / Episcopal) went 12-for-17 passing for 226 yards through two quarters of action and started the scoring with a short TD pass to
Riley Koval (Sr., Mount Horeb, Wis.), who pulled in six receptions for 111 yards, including a 49-yard gain.
Adams' 95-yard punt return breaks the school record of 88 yards set 10 years ago by Macalester defensive coordinator
Marshall Mullenbach.
The Scots travel to North Dakota next Saturday (Oct. 27) to take on Mayville State.
Photo above: Mike Adams sprints away during his 95-yard punt return as fellow-Chippewa Falls H.S. grad Zandy Stowell follows along.
Scoring by Quarter
Trinity Bible 0 0 0 0 - 0
Macalester 28 14 3 14 - 59
Scoring Summary:
1st 11:23 MAC - Riley Koval 3 yd pass from Clark Bledsoe (Auburn Jimenez kick), 9-77 3:37, TBC 0 - MAC 7
08:20 MAC - Mike Adams 74 yd run (Auburn Jimenez kick), 2-91 0:42, TBC 0 - MAC 14
05:39 MAC - T. Joe Loiselle 5 yd run (Auburn Jimenez kick), 2-36 0:31, TBC 0 - MAC 21
02:32 MAC - Mike Adams 95 yd punt return (Auburn Jimenez kick), , TBC 0 - MAC 28
2nd 05:00 MAC - T. Joe Loiselle 12 yd run (Auburn Jimenez kick), 5-23 1:23, TBC 0 - MAC 35
01:05 MAC - Zandy Stowell 1 yd run (Auburn Jimenez kick), 5-56 1:43, TBC 0 - MAC 42
3rd 02:48 MAC - Michael Abramson 27 yd field goal, 10-29 5:59, TBC 0 - MAC 45
4th 10:08 MAC - Zandy Stowell 31 yd run (Michael Abramson kick), 5-79 2:10, TBC 0 - MAC 52
04:11 MAC - Zandy Stowell 11 yd run (Michael Abramson kick), 4-53 1:58, TBC 0 - MAC 59
