It’s a sign how advanced St. Edward’s passing attack is when quarterback Dylan Mlinarich can throw seven touchdown passes for a second straight week and express dissatisfaction.
It’s also a sign he knows how to keep a stable of receivers happy when five different players catch those TD passes.
Mlinarich threw for 354 yards, completing 15 of 26 passes, Saturday and the Green Wave throttled up quickly em route to a 63-8 road win over Walther Christian.
“We’ve got more work to get done,” Mlinarich said. “We need to be more sound and crisper on the routes.
“I just have to calm down because I know my wide receivers and O-line are going to do their (jobs).”
Mlinarich, a junior left-hander, threw seven TD passes to help St. Edward (3-0) beat Lindblom 50-14 the previous week.
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The Green Wave led Walther (0-3) 49-0 by halftime.
“There’s some things on our side of the ball that we need to tighten up,” St. Edward coach Mike Rolando said. “I think Dylan would be the first to admit it. He had a good game. But he wants to have great games.
“For us to beat some great teams that are on our schedule down the road, we’re going to have to play great games.”
The TD passes started 40 seconds into the game with a 6-yarder to Saveon Smith, the first of three the pair connected on before Smith left with leg cramps at halftime. Smith had four catches for 113 yards.
“Coach is having us work on perfect timing,” Smith said. “Dylan has been working pretty hard, and if we keep up that effort and get the blocking, we feel like we can get even better than we were today.”
Smith also made 52-yard and 55-yard TD catches.
“Football instincts pretty much,” Smith said. “Dylan got me the ball in space so I had a lot of time to make a move.”
The other TD passes went for 3 yards to Tyler Holte, 2 yards to David Madden, 47 yards to Ryan Pomeroy and 5 yards to Jimmy Harkins.
Madden celebrated his birthday with five catches for 112 yards.
“We’re all equally talented, and depending on how crisp we run our routes Dylan can just pick who he wants to throw to every time,” Madden said. “With that many receivers we sometimes run 30 routes in a game and get only two catches.
“As long as the team wins, you’re happy about it.”
St. Edward showed an alternative to the pass with 103 rushing yards on 12 carries and a TD from Angel Garcia.
“The goal now is to get better and beat Guerin (Friday),” Rolando said. “After that, we have quite a few strong teams to deal with.”
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