Monrovia slams San Dimas High, 26-13

By SHEL SEGAL
He completed just two passes, but, hey, they were both for touchdowns.
With freshman quarterback Miles Bryant leading the charge, the Monrovia High football team had a strong second half and held on to beat visiting San Dimas High, 26-13, on Friday night in a nonleague game.
Bryant was completed just two of eight passes with two interceptions. However, he threw first half touchdown passes of 20 and 72 yards to give the Wildcats the halftime lead.
“He’s never started a varsity football game before,” Monrovia coach Ryan Maddox said of Bryant. “The game plan was to protect him as much as we could. He did a good job. He threw two touchdowns tonight. He’s going to be good. He just needs to learn.”
Bryant got the start because senior quarterback Deshawn Potts hurt his right shoulder a week earlier in the victory against Arcadia.
“We rested (Potts), but it’s still bothering him,” Maddox said. “He’s our starting quarterback. We got to get him healthy.
Tied at 13 after three quarters, the Monrovia offense kicked it high gear with running back Kurt Scoby scoring twice, once from 16 yards out and once from 70 yards.
Scoby finished the night with 179 yards on 20 carries with the two scores.
Maddox was happy with the way his team played in the second half.
“The offensive line did a great job the second half,” he said. “We moved the ball well, opened it up front and Kurt has a nice couple of runs. It was a tough ball game. Our hats off to (San Dimas). But we got to protect that football.”
However, Maddox added his team needs to do a better job in protecting the football.
“It was turnovers,” he said. “(San Dimas) scored off all three of our turnovers.”
Monrovia continues its season on Friday by hosting South Hills High.
(Shel Segal can be reached at ssegal@beaconmedianews.com. Follow him via Twitter @sports_beacon.)

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