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St. Andrews football can’t dig out of early hole, drops season opener

Webber International races away 49-14

St. Andrews football scoreboard

LAURINBURG – Blake Birchler threw three first-half touchdown passes, and Webber International spoiled St. Andrews football season opener Saturday afternoon.

Webber led 35-7 at halftime and rolled to a 49-14 victory in the only “Week 0” college football game involving a North Carolina school.

Redshirt-freshman quarterback Jalen Dodd and freshman running back Nahjiir Seagraves scored the St. Andrews’ touchdowns, one coming in each half.

Dodd’s TD came in the second quarter on a 1-yard run, capping a 12-play, 75-yard drive. Seagraves found the end zone from 3 yards out in the fourth period.

Junior receiver Aronson Cook had a big game receiving for the Knights, making eight catches for 106 yards. Freshman linebacker Tierell Milligan paced the defense with five tackles, two tackles-for-loss and a forced fumble.

Things don’t get easier for St. Andrews from here. Lindsey Wilson (10-1 a year ago) visits next week. Then, SAU goes on the road for four straight, including games at Bethel (11-1) on Sept. 9 and at FCS Davidson on Sept. 23.

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Webber International 49, St. Andrews 14

Webber International (FL) (1-0, 0-0)21147749
St. Andrews (0-1, 0-0)070714
111:20Webber International (FL) – Reynald Fleurival 15 yd pass from Blake Birchler. (Zachary Van Fleet kick is good).
Drive: 7 plays, 67 yards in 3:34.
7 – 0
106:37Webber International (FL) – Touchdown (Zachary Van Fleet kick is good).14 – 0
103:09Webber International (FL) – Tyler Romano 31 yd pass from Blake Birchler. (Zachary Van Fleet kick is good).
Drive: 3 plays, 40 yards in 1:20.
21 – 0
214:00Webber International (FL) – Antonio Dawson 10 yd pass from Blake Birchler. (Zachary Van Fleet kick is good).
Drive: 1 plays, 10 yards in 0:06.
28 – 0
206:32St. Andrews – Jalen Dodd 1 yd run. (Diego Barahona kick is good).
Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards in 7:22.
28 – 7
200:09Webber International (FL) – Terry Weems 8 yd run. (Zachary Van Fleet kick is good).
Drive: 12 plays, 46 yards in 6:15.
35 – 7
304:38Webber International (FL) – Jordan Griffin 5 yd run. (Zachary Van Fleet kick is good).
Drive: 3 plays, 22 yards in 8:49.
42 – 7
406:02St. Andrews – Nahjiir Seagraves 3 yd run. (Diego Barahona kick is good).
Drive: 3 plays, 47 yards in 1:01.
42 – 14
4…01:27…Webber International (FL) – Avery Giddens 2 yd pass from Trent Grotjan. (Zachary Van Fleet kick is good).
Drive: 8 plays, 53 yards in 4:24.
49 – 14

St. Andrews stats

PassingC-AYDSLGTDINTRTG
Jalen Dodd12-201594701
Jailyn Ervin1-3121200
Darius Holly2-21200
RushingATTYDSAVGLGTD
Tyler Gates3237.7170
Anterius Carpenter8232.990
Kevon Daniels2126.060
Devin Pinkard111.010
Nahjiir Seagraves3-4-1.331
Jalen Dodd7-18-2.631
ReceivingNOYDSAVGLGTD
Aronson Cook810613.3470
Tyler Gates23316.5210
Anterius Carpenter12020.0200
Nijel Pearce3103.350
Kevon Daniels133.030
KickingFGLGXPPTS
Diego Barahona2/22
#St. AndrewsSoloAstTotalSacks-YdsTFL-YdsFFFR-YdsInt-YdsBrUpBlksQBH
51Tierell Milligan3252 – 41
8Lavarius Heath-Lewis4041 – 1
11Aaron Christian224
TMTeam314
22Jalin Scruggs022
23Jordan McCall2021 – 21
26Tedrick Spicer112
28Kevon Daniels112
33Josh Henderson202
35El Hasain Hussain0220.5 – 8
42Austin Hunt112
47Quintell Green112
56John Brown2021 – 61 – 6
2Tyler Gates101
10Justin Fortner101
24Quantel Greene101
40Brandon Basnight101
46Diego Barahona101
52Nick Henderson101
86JJ Cobb101
89Ellison Sandiford011
90Aldair Serrato1011 – 1
95Michael Suther011
97Ervin Gardner0110.5 – 8
48George Tharpe0001
21Jadon Stephens0002
TOTALS3016461 – 67 – 3010-031

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