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Found this assessment of a future Deck quarterback...

LADUCK in Brian Bennet you get a tall thin QB who can pass, run and play OLB too.

Brian Bennett was handicapped by the fact tat Servite jumped to a 31-ZIP lead before Crespi could blink an eye. Then Crespi’s coach kept the ball on the ground while he was behind by 31. Even in that scenario Bennet was the best runner on Crespi’s team – many broken plays and Bennet moved well. Then in the second half, Crespi scored and Servite returned the kick off for a TD and it was 38-7. Then the Crespi coach took the wraps off of Bennet and Bennet had the team within 38-28 with about 5 minutes to go and Servite Family was VERY nervous. In the 4th Q Bennet played OLB and made most of the tackles from his OLB position. In Bennet you get a tall thin QB who can pass, run and play OLB too.

Looks like you got yourself a very nice diversified (el doctor’s favorite word) package in QB Brian Bennet! That is the way I saw it.

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Bennett's emergence is too late for Celts
By Scott French dnlasports@dailynews.com Special to the Daily News
Updated: 09/19/2009 10:00:12 AM PDT


PREP FOOTBALL: Crespi falls behind 31-0 at halftime, then second-half comeback falls short.

NORWALK - Crespi High of Encino found itself in a big hole against its division's best team Friday night, down by 31 at halftime with little evidence it could stop the onslaught.

Up stepped Oregon-bound quarterback Bryan Bennett, who engineered a tremendous comeback as the Celts turned its showdown with Servite of Anaheim into a real battle.

Crespi couldn't come all the way back, but its 38-28 defeat at Cerritos College felt a little like a victory.

"We just kept battling," said Celts coach Jeremiah Ross, whose team fought back from 31-0 and 38-7 deficits in the second half. "We just can't put ourselves in that situation against a great team like that. We've got to execute a little earlier, but we'll learn from that, though."

Bennett totaled 394 yards, completing 22 of 37 passes for 318 yards and running for a team-best 76 more on 11carries, but he'd have traded all of it for a victory over a Servite team ranked No. 1 in the CIF Southern Section's Pac-5 Division, No. 4 in the state and, by ESPN, No. 33 in the nation.

"To win is all that matters to me," Bennett said. "I just did what I could for my team. We couldn't get stuff going in the beginning, which we needed to do. We just got to start working on that, starting tomorrow."

The victory gave Servite coach Troy Thomas, who won CIF Southern Section titles at Crespi as a


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player and coach, his first victory over his alma mater. The Celts pulled out an overtime victory in the Pac-5 Division semifinals in 2007 and a one-point decision in a nonleague meeting last season.
The Friars (3-0) took a 17-0 lead in the first quarter and extended it to 31-0 by halftime.

Crespi (2-1) began its comeback late through the third quarter. Bennett drove the Celts 94 yards on eight plays, connecting with Devin Lucien on a 44-yard touchdown pass with 46seconds to go in the quarter.

Servite restored its lead to 31 points as Chris Nicholls returned the ensuing kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown, his third of the game, but the fourth quarter belonged to the Celts.

Bennett completed five passes, including a 29-yarder to Lucien that moved the ball to the Friars' 21, on Crespi's next possession, an 80-yard drive capped by his 4-yard run.

Servite, which totaled 319 yards through three quarters, couldn't move the ball, and a blocked punt by Reginald Coates was followed by Bennett's 39-yard touchdown toss to Lucien with 7:29 to play. Rhasheed Johnson's two-point run made it 38-22.

Crespi's defense again stopped the Friars, and Bennett engineered a quick 49-yard drive - the key play a 20-yard pass to Brandon Graves, a LosAlamitos transfer making his Crespi debut - and ran the final 4 yards to make it 38-28. Bennett's two-point conversion pass fell incomplete.






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Very excited about Bennett. I'm satisfied even if we don't get a single other qb commit this class.

I always like seeing a QB who can also play defense. You can't question a QB's toughness when they go out and play defense. You see a lot of QBs who don't play D anymore and they really don't know how to take contact.