Brady McDermott threw for three touchdowns and ran for another as Holy Redeemer defeated Montrose, 42-9, in a nonleague football game for the program’s fourth straight win of the season.
Ryan Zelinka added a rushing touchdown and a fumble recovery for a score as the Royals improved to 5-4 overall.
Holy Redeemer jumped out to a 21-0 first-quarter lead and never looked back. Zelinka caught a 24-yard pass from Brady with 10:53 left in the quarter. Then Zelinka recovered a fumble for a touchdown, giving the team a 14-0 lead.
McDermott finished the fast start with a 2-yard touchdown run with less than a minute left.
Montrose scored early in the second when Weston Nabywaniec caught a 25-yard touchdown pass from Evan Strohl.
Holy Redeemer then recorded a safety, and Mike Zbierski caught a 17-yard touchdown pass from McDermott with 15 seconds left in the first half for a 30-7 lead.
Kevin Arroyo returned a fumble for a 60-yard touchdown, and Josh Grochowski finished the Holy Redeemer scoring on a 5-yard touchdown reception in the fourth.
Sawyer Aukema led Montrose (4-5) with 66 rushing yards, Strohl finished with 144 passing yards and a touchdown, and Nabywaniec caught three passes for 58 yards.