​EVANSVILLE — This play doesn’t work in a number of other scenarios.Evan Heldt had three or four defenders within arm’s length after possessing a punt near midfield. Logic says at least one might tackle him. The Memorial junior cut right instead, skipped past another tackler and sprinted to the sideline. The only individual wearing a Mater Dei uniform between him and the end zone was accounted for on a block.The end result was a touchdown. The punctuation of a sequence which turned a potential battle into a rout.More: Week 4 Southwestern Indiana high school football scores, updatesMore: Offensive explosion from North Posey leads to big win in Week 4No. 1 Memorial backed up its billing as the defending Southern Indiana Athletic Conference champion with a dominant 52-21 win over No. 4 Mater Dei on Friday, Sept. 11 at Reitz Bowl. This was a three-point game with a minute remaining in the second quarter. It was nearly a running clock by the fourth.”I’ve always said we could be pretty explosive,” Memorial coach John Hurley said. “In that sequence, especially with the punt return, it really flipped the momentum of the game.”Such a result isn’t supposed to occur between top-five rivals. And for a stretch, it showed no signs of a lopsided result. Memorial and Mater Dei traded touchdowns, four to be exact, during an eight-minute sequence in the second quarter. Knox Simmons hit EJ Rainey on a backside screen to bring the Wildcats within 17-14 and only 43 seconds left on the clock.That’s when Memorial kicked its output into a higher level.Luke Brown hit Dru Ellis on a 20-yard touchdown pass with 11 seconds showing. Geno Aimone ripped off a 59-yard score on the Tigers’ first possession after halftime. Then Heldt weaved his way through the defense on the punt return. Brown found Ellis for a third score on a 57-yard bomb on the next possession.A three-point game became 45-14 in less than eight minutes. Stunning work from the No. 1 team in Class 3A.”If we could force people to cover the field, we’ve got an opportunity to be explosive,” Hurley said. “The problem is we need to be consistent. (Aimone has) bailed us out many times. He runs hard and sees it well. Hats off to Dru coming back and playing well. He had a couple of really big blocks in the run game. I’m proud of the way those guys blocked on screens.”But we have to be mentally tougher during the week. That means we’ve got to practice better.”This was the Tigers’ best offensive performance considering the opponent. Brown finished 17 of 24 passing for 262 yards and four touchdowns (matching a career high). Aimone bullied his way to 130 yards on the ground. Memorial nearly threatened 200 as a team before pulling the starters to start the final quarter.More: Memorial football running back Geno Aimone a quiet leader for TigersIt happened to coincide with the return of Ellis. After missing two games with a shoulder injury, the junior wide receiver had five catches for 126 yards and three touchdowns. His playm