Drake Dorbeck stepped out of the huddle, looked at his teammates and then at the Durant defense. He knew he was only going to get one shot at this, so he had to make it count.

The ball was snapped and settled into the 315-pound offensive tackle’s huge hands. He took one step back and launched it nearly 40 yards down the sideline.

The pass was a perfect spiral, but knocked away at the last moment by a defensive back. Dorbeck trotted back to the sideline, disappointed but laughing, as St. Aloysius’ substitutes came onto the field to mop up.

When you’re up by 41 points in the fourth quarter, it’s easy to call gadget passes with your left tackle and laugh about it afterward.

St. Al did just about everything right Friday night, as quarterback Connor Smith threw two touchdown passes and ran for another to lead a 56-14 blowout of Durant at Balzli Field.

DeMichael Harris returned a punt and a kickoff for touchdowns, Brandon Teller caught two scoring passes, and the Flashes scored on seven of their eight offensive possessions.

St. Al didn’t face a third down situation until the fourth quarter.

“It was a great win. The first complete game we’ve played all season,” Harris said. “It just feels great to come out and explode in the first quarter, which is something we haven’t done, really.”

Dorbeck’s pass came on the first play of the fourth quarter, when St. Al was ahead 49-8. It was a well-thrown ball to Smith, who had lined up at receiver, but slightly underthrown. That allowed Durant’s Gabriel Bailey to knock it down and likely kept Dorbeck, a Division I prospect, from having a touchdown pass on his resumé.

“We were supposed to do it last week, but we never got time to practice it. We didn’t really practice it this week, either. He just put me in there,” Dorbeck said. “He told me the first quarter we were going to run it if we got going, so I was ready for it.”

By the time Dorbeck aired it out, the Flashes (4-1, 2-0 Region 2-1A) had pretty well ventilated Durant (1-4, 0-2).

After Durant went three-and-out on the first possession of the game, Harris picked up a bouncing punt at the 30-yard line and zipped through the coverage team for a 70-yard touchdown.

Harris also returned the second half kickoff 80 yards for a score and finished with 232 all-purpose yards on only eight total touches. He ran the ball five times for 61 yards, and had 171 yards on three kick returns.

Durant didn’t get a first down until midway through the second quarter, and St. Al kept turning its defensive stops into touchdowns.

Smith hit Teller for a 40-yard score on St. Al’s first offensive possession, then an 8-yarder less than a minute into the second quarter. Smith also scored on a 12-yard run just before halftime to put the Flashes ahead 35-0.

Casey Landers ran for two touchdowns, one in the first half, and the other in the third quarter, and Connor Bottin put a bow on the blowout with a 45-yard TD run with 3 1/2 minutes left in the game.

Smith finished the game 7-of-9 passing for 124 yards, the two touchdowns, and no interceptions. Teller caught three passes for 63 yards and Lane Hynum caught three for 46 yards.

Hynum, however, broke his collarbone on his final reception, ending an otherwise spectacular night for the Flashes on a down note.

Hynum, a junior, leads the team with 18 receptions and is also a starting defensive back.

“The only thing that was bad about tonight was Lane having a broken collarbone. He’s a great kid and a really good ballplayer, and I hate it,” St. Al coach BJ Smithhart said. “That’s probably the only thing that went wrong. The kids played well. Played really well.”