Area college football roundup: MSU Mankato routs St. Cloud State

Nick Pieruccini threw four TD passes and ran for a score in the first half to spark Minnesota State Mankato to a 45-12 victory over St. Cloud State in an NSIC interdivision game in St. Cloud on Saturday.

The host Huskies led 6-0 in the first quarter before Pieruccini led the Mavericks to 35 unanswered points and a 35-6 halftime lead.

Pieruccini, a senior from Chicago, threw for 282 yards and ran for 109 as the Mavericks, ranked No. 19 in Division II, rolled up 503 yards in offense.

Minn. Duluth 52, Concordia (St. Paul) 49: Darren Walker's 3-yard TD run with 2:03 remaining in the fourth quarter — his third TD of the game — lifted the Bulldogs past the Golden Bears in St. Paul.

The Golden Bears had taken a 49-44 lead with six minutes remaining on a 31-yard TD run by Ron Johnson.

Drew Bauer passed for 246 yards and two TDs and rushed for 151 yards and a TD to lead the Bullodgs, Walker rushed for 113 yards.

Johnson passed for 252 yards and three TDs and rushed for 70 yards and two TDs for the Golden Bears.

Augustana 56, Minnesota-Crookston 3: Trey Heid, a senior from Lakeville North, became Augustana's all-time leader in touchdown passes in the victory over the Golden Eagles in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Heid, who passed for 263 yards, threw four TD passes to give him 75 for his career.

MSU Moorhead 23, Upper Iowa 21: Demetrius Carr threw two TD passes and Austin Stone rushed for 81 yards and a TD to help the Dragons outlast the Peacocks in Moorhead, Minn. Stone's 1-yard TD run early in the fourth quarter gave the Dragons a 22-14 lead.

SW Minnesota State 47, Mary 23: The Mustangs pulled away from a 14-14 halftime tie to top the visiting Marauders in Marshall, Minn.

Trailing 17-14 early in the third quarter, the Mustangs responded with 21 unanswered points to take a 35-17 lead.

Winona State 26, Northern State 7: The Warriors took a 7-0 lead in the first 90 seconds of the game and built a 26-0 lead en route to a victory the Wolves in Winona, Minn. Jack Nelson completed 24 of 35 passes for 322 yards and a TD to lead the Warriors.

St. Scholastica 47, Eureka 6: Kyle Stepka passed for 308 yards and five touchdowns and ran for a score to lead the host Saints past the Red Devils in Duluth.

Northwestern (Roseville) 17, Minn.-Morris 0: Corbin Halbur passed for 277 yards and a TD to lead the host Eagles past the Cougars.