Benilde-St. Margaret’s scored on six of its seven first-half possessions and coasted to a 48-13 win over St. Louis Park.

The first half featured a nine-for-nine passing performance by Keaton Studsrud, who threw for 134 yards and two touchdowns while rushing 58 yards and another score.

Sam Lynch turned in the best all-around performance of the night, amassing 210 yards of all-purpose yardage, capped by a 63-yard fumble return for a touchdown in the third quarter.

Lynch also factored in the game’s first touchdown as he returned to opening kickoff 73 yards to the Orioles’ 14-yard line. Three players later Callaghan Commers bulled his way into the end zone from three yards out to give the Red Knights a 7-0 lead just one minute, three seconds into the contest.

On its next possession, BSM moved 51 yards on eight plays in 2:11 with Studsrud completing three passes and rushing four more times, the final carry resulting in an eight-yard touchdown.

SLP appeared moved the ball to its own 49 on its next possession but back-to-back quarterback sacks by Carter Burn put the Orioles in a third-and-21 situation and they were forced to punt for the third consecutive time.

Studsrud then marched his team 82 yards in eight plays, capping the 3:19 drive by scrambling to buy time before find Peter Watkins wide open inside the five-yard line and the senior running back trotted into the end zone for a 21-0 Red Knight lead.

After three consecutive three-and-out possessions by the two teams, BSM got the ball at its own 27 with 8:55 to play in the opening half and Jack Goldstein at quarterback.

Goldstein would complete a pair of passes on the drive but it was Nate Barry who starred, carrying the ball five times for 63 yards, including a 23-yard touchdown rush on a fourth-and-four which extended the home team’s lead to 28-0.

A fumble recovery by Michael Ryan, who made his first start as a Red Knight at defensive end, set BSM up at the SLP 38 and, five plays later, Studsrud scrambled again before finding Lynch in the back of the end on his final play of the game.

The Red Knights got the ball back one final time in the first half, with 1:11 to play, at their own 39. Goldstein proceeded to complete three of four passes on the five-play drive, the last of which was a 41-yard scoring pass to John lager with 16 seconds to play.

The Orioles responded in the second half, scoring on its first two possession and appearing to be headed for a third TD when they drove to the BSM 24.

Quarterback Quinn Livdahl then attempted a backward pass to running back Bryant Griffin, on which he failed to connect. Lynch then picked up the loose ball at his own 37 and raced the length of the field for his second touchdown of the game.

In all, BSM rolled up 414 yards of offense, 234 of which came through the air while 199 came on 46 carries.

Barry led both teams with 66 rushing yards as one of eight Red Knight ball carriers on the night. Nathan Hanks caught four passes for 65 yards to lead BSM’s receiving corps.

Defensively, Carter Burn led the charge with eight tackles. He had 3.0 tackles for loss and 1.5 quarterback sacks and forced a fumble. Jay Weber also had eight tackles on a night when BSM record nine tackles for loss and four sacks.

BSM’s 3-0 start this season is just the seventh time in 56 years in which the Red Knights have won their first three games and the first time since 2007. They will go four their fourth consecutive win Friday, Sept. 20, when they host Fridley for homecoming in a 7 p.m. game.

A PDF version of this story, along with complete game statistics, is available here.

St. Louis Park........  0  0 13  0  - 13
Benilde-St. Margaret's 21 20  7  0  - 48

Scoring Summary:
1st Quarter

10:57 BSM - Callaghan Commers 3 yd run (Matt Arnason kick), 3-14 1:03, STLP 0 - BSM 7

07:38 BSM - Keaton Studsrud 8 yd run (Matt Arnason kick), 8-51 2:11, STLP 0 - BSM 14

00:55 BSM - Peter Watkins 24 yd pass from Keaton Studsrud (Matt Arnason kick), 8-82 3:19, STLP 0 - BSM 21

2nd Quarter

06:25 BSM - Nate Barry 23 yd run (Matt Arnason kick), 9-73 2:30, STLP 0 - BSM 28

02:30 BSM - Sam Lynch 6 yd pass from Keaton Studsrud (Matt Arnason kick), 5-38 2:16, STLP 0 - BSM 35

00:16 BSM - John Lager 41 yd pass from Jack Goldstein (Matt Arnason kick failed), 5-61 0:55, STLP 0 - BSM

3rd Quarter

08:47 STLP - Trenton Stafford 7 yd run (Joe Warner kick), 8-66 3:06, STLP 7 - BSM 41

02:50 STLP - Henry Albrecht 38 yd pass from Quinn Livdahl (Joe Warner kick failed), 9-62 3:26, STLP 13 - BSM 41

00:18 BSM - Sam Lynch 63 yd fumble recovery (Matt Arnason kick), , STLP 13 - BSM 48

                                   STLP      BSM
FIRST DOWNS...................       13       20
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............    41-72   46-199
PASSING YDS (NET).............      123      215
Passes Att-Comp-Int...........   14-8-0  20-14-0
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS.....   55-195   66-414
Fumble Returns-Yards..........     1-36     1-63
Punt Returns-Yards............      0-0     3-10
Kickoff Returns-Yards.........     6-82    3-143
Interception Returns-Yards....      0-0      0-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............   6-30.8   1-18.0
Fumbles-Lost..................      9-2      3-1
Penalties-Yards...............     5-30     8-60
Possession Time...............    23:47    24:13
Third-Down Conversions........  5 of 13  4 of 12
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   1 of 2   3 of 6
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      1-1      3-4
Sacks By: Number-Yards........     1-13     4-22

RUSHING: St. Louis Park-Naris Uzzell 6-35; Mitch Hickerson 6-15; Bryant Griffin 9-14; Trenton Stafford 1-7; Quinn Livdahl 18-2; TEAM 1-minus 1. Benilde-St. Margaret's-Nate Barry 8-66; Keaton Studsrud 10-58; Austin Robertson 5-35; Richmond Bowen 6-26; Peter Watkins 7-12; Ben Grogan 5-11; Callaghan Commers 1-3; TEAM 1-minus 1; Jack Goldstein 3-minus 11.

PASSING: St. Louis Park-Quinn Livdahl 7-10-0-116; Mitch Hickerson 1-4-0-7; Bryant Griffin 0-0-0-0. Benilde-St. Margaret's-Jack Goldstein 5-11-0-81; Keaton Studsrud 9-9-0-134.

RECEIVING: St. Louis Park-Henry Albrecht 3-78; Bryant Griffin 3-2; Naris Uzzell 2-43. Benilde-St. Margaret's-Nathan Hanks 4-65; Jack Sims 3-44; John Lager 2-54; Sam Lynch 2-13; Peter Watkins 1-24; Nick Guggemos 1-14; Austin Robertson 1-1.

INTERCEPTIONS: St. Louis Park-None. Benilde-St. Margaret's-None.

FUMBLES: St. Louis Park-Naris Uzzell 4-0; Quinn Livdahl 4-2; Ty Benny 1-0. Benilde-St. Margaret's-Richmond Bowen 2-1; Sam Lynch 1-0.

SACKS (UA-A): St. Louis Park-Christopher Compton 1-0. Benilde-St. Margaret's-Carter Burn 1-1; Shea Maze 1-0; Mikey McGill 1-0; Michael Ryan 0-1.

TACKLES (UA-A): St. Louis Park-Christopher Compton 5-4; Bryant Griffin 0-9; Donovan Huyck 3-5; Trenton Stafford 4-3; Henry Albrecht 3-3; Joseph Kramer 2-4; Emran Jeilani 5-0; Danny Foltz 2-3; Daren Martin 1-4; Xavier Lawson 3-1; Haneef Nathim 2-2; Duncan Raynor 1-3; Chris Costello 0-3; Naris Uzzell 2-0; Jeffrey Babcock 1-0; Unknown 17 0-1; Sam Verner 0-1. Benilde-St. Margaret's-Carter Burn 3-5; Jay Weber 1-7; Chris Philbin 3-4; Callaghan Commers 3-3; Jared Taitt 2-4; Sam Lynch 3-2; Marshall Hoemke 2-2; Mikey McGill 1-3; Jack Johnston 1-2; Sam Merriam 1-2; Blake Castaneda 0-3; Shea Maze 1-1; Alex Ormsby 0-2; Blaise Fitzgerald 0-2; Darragh Cutter 0-2; Matt Arnason 0-2; Michael Kaminski 1-0; Matt Mogensen 0-1; Jordan Burt-McGregor 0-1; Isaac Schmitz 0-1; James Wallrich 0-1; Malik Nolen 0-1; Michael Ryan 0-1; John Cadle 0-1; Mitch Lowenberg 0-1.