BOTTINEAU, N.D. - The 16th-ranked Central Lakes College Raiders have scored more than 40 points in each game following Saturday's 45-31 Northern Division win over Dakota College.
The Raiders received touchdowns from six different players and built a 38-3 lead after three quarters. CLC held on through a 28-point fourth-quarter outburst by Dakota College.
Rodney Poe returned a punt 60 yards for a CLC touchdown, and Jake Faber threw a 31-yard scoring pass to Steve Wroblewski. Faber scored later in the quarter on a 10-yard run.
Athen Ashton, Kyle Johanneck, and Trevis Miller also scored touchdowns for the Raiders who improved to 3-0 overall.
CLC accumulated 466 yards of offense, including 297 through the air from Faber.
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Central Lakes 7 7 24 7 - 45
Dakota College 0 3 0 28 - 31
First quarter
CLC - Athen Ashton 13 run (Fafa Asante kick)
Second quarter
CLC - Rodney Poe 60 punt return (Asante kick)
DCB - Drayton Murphy 25 field goal
Third quarter
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CLC - Steve Wroblewski 31 pass from Jake Faber (Asante kick)
CLC - Faber 10 run (Asante kick)
CLC - Kyle Johanneck 2 run (Asante kick)
CLC - Asante 21 field goal
Fourth quarter
DCB - Devon Jackson 7 run (Murphy kick)
CLC - Trevis Miller 2 run (Jack Corbett kick)
DCB - Austin Ruiz 1 run (Murphy kick)
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DCB - Ruiz 3 run (Murphy kick)
DCB - Ruiz 12 run (Murphy kick)
Team statistics
Rushes-yards: CLC 41-169, DC 37-147
Pass comp-att-int-yds: CLC 23-42-2-297, DC 13-30-2-139
Total offense: CLC 466, DC 286
Individual leaders
Rushing: CLC-Elias Arlington 1-44, Athen Ashton 15-39, Kyle Johanneck 10/33, Jake Faber 6-33; DC-Austin Ruiz 8-57, Krae Kelso 13-43, Devon Jackson 3-15
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Passing: CLC-Jake Faber 18-34-1-248, Riley Atkinson 4-6-1-44; DC-Krae Kelso 11-25-2-111, Austin Ruiz 2-5-0-28
Receiving: CLC-Steve Wroblewski 5-145, Sam Moriarty 5-58, Kieran Johnson 3-28, Beau Wilhelm 2-17; DC-Gjervon Williams 2-36, Shaq Ellis 2-29, Jr Bass 1-23.
Div: CLC 1-0. Overall: CLC 3-0. Next: Fond du Lac at Central Lakes 1:30 p.m. Saturday.