Football Recap: Monrovia Starts Season with Victory at Home

Monrovia took care of business in their home opener on Friday. They managed a 42-38 win over the Brentwood School Eagles.

Jesse Saucedo

Passing Yards (Career)

08/22/25 vs Brentwood School	485
08/23/24 vs Palmdale	320
09/06/24 @ Glendale	311
10/24/24 vs La Canada	306
10/17/24 @ South Pasadena	295

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Monrovia to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jesse Saucedo, who threw for 485 yards and five TDs while completing 76.5% of his passes. Those 485 passing yards gave Saucedo a new career-high. BYRON BELL also helped out as he racked up 148 receiving yards.

Monrovia's run defense was locked in: Brentwood School could only muster 2.5 yards per carry. The team can thank Lucas Martinez for the heroic effort on defense: he. Monrovia didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged eight.

Monrovia's defensive line didn't let Ben Mikail., get away unscathed either: they got into the backfield for three sacks. KALEB ELLISON was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up two sacks himself. Monrovia got some further help from Martinez: he picked up a sack, forced one fumble, and made ten total tackles (4.0 for loss).

Despite the loss, Brentwood School had strong showings from Mikail, who threw for 286 yards and four touchdowns, and Roman Lacgalvis, who picked up 127 receiving yards and one score. Brendan Bowman was in the mix too, providing the Eagles with one TD.

Monrovia and Brentwood School should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps California Rankings. The Wildcats (ranked 246th) will meet Eagle Rock (ranked 588th) at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Meanwhile, Brentwood School will take on Hueneme at 7:00 p.m. on Friday with a big rank advantage (276 vs. 582).