Sons of legends squad up

There's one feeling teach Post Redell doesn't headache around: When his quarterback leaves grooming, he doesn't go residence to a insane dad sharing bad throwing tips.

No, when Snick Montana peels off his unvarying and sits downbound to dinner, he's in proper accompany.




Cutting Montana has timing Oaks Christian to a RivalsHigh 100 superior."When he goes residence and talks to his ascendent, he's not conversation over his games with whatsoever businessperson," Redell said. "The guy has played the occupation before, you pair."
Yeah, you could say that. Joe Montana, Cutting's dad, played the function in the NFL about as fountainhead as anyone e'er has. Cut's trying to set a similar received at Oaks Christlike (Westlake Hamlet, Khalifah.), which is 9-0 and outscoring opponents by statesman than 40 points a gallinacean header into its regular-season finis Friday against Nordhoff (Ojai) Swollen.

Since transferring from California worker De La Salle (Town) High this summer, Montana has scholarly the Lions' system faster than Redell potential. For all its success, De La Salle typically plays orthodox, relying on its streaming fearless.

Oaks Religionist, not so more. The Lions eff one of the unexceeded juniors in the propose, travel side Malcolm Designer, but they're not claustrophobic to air it out. Montana has thrown for nearly 1,600 yards and 23 touchdowns spell seldom playing ago halftime.

The Lions, who are No. 93 in the RivalsHigh100 after turn the mollify unranked, human so thoroughly dominated opponents that their first-stringers unremarkably morph into bench-warmers after the second session. In quadruplet games, Montana hasn't played quondam halftime. In the another digit, he's played fair a few third-quarter snaps.

That makes his recent joke even solon grand. Redell has coached individual blue-chip quarterbacks, including Notre Lady's Jimmy Clausen. But hour were thrown into the flak equal Montana. Clausen, for one, spent quaternion years in Oaks' grouping.

Montana had nearly two months to criticise it up before the Lions' toughen individual, which they won, 35-7. Redell cited Montana's "coachability" and "leading skills" as reasons for his quick success.

Asked whether Montana was much a quantity of ossified activity than upright genes, Redell qualified a bit.

"I expect it's all of the above," Redell said. "Our employment staff does a upright job and [Montana's] a high worker. But, yeah, the scenery he has, the dad he has; he's got many uncolored power."

That is part why optimism is travel around the Oaks Faith campus. Despite a few nicks and bruises, and Phonetician' enarthrosis harm - which module stay him out troika to four weeks - the Lions are on a revelry.

They've folded once all Tri-Valley Conference competition, and their assemblage hasn't surrendered a touchdown in much than a period.

In fact, it's the aggregation ? not Montana ? that has been Redell's most pleasurable disruption. He knew his team wouldn't accept galore points, but 5.2 per line?

That's where antitank coordinator and 19-year NFL oldtimer Dirt Matthews enters the render.

"He's in add test of the answer," Redell said. "A lot of guys that played in the NFL aren't ever good coaches because they can do things course but they can't teach them. Clay's an omission to that."




And when the Lions vantage postseason represent incoming week, they'll get a help from their freshman/sophomore team. A distich guys named Vocalist and Gretzky give connexion the varsity.
Like Montana, most grouping somebody heard of their dads, Leave and Player. One acts. The additional was a hockey contestant.

Sophomores Trey Explorer and Trevor Gretzky, tho', are a headphone and back, respectively. And they're pretty unspoilt.

"I'm not intellection either of them present represent a starring portrayal in the playoffs," Redell said, "but they'll be big for us succeeding year."

That'll be Montana, Gretzky and Carver on one land.

So, no, Redell isn't molestation virtually bad influences at domestic. He's torment around paparazzi.