3. MAX LESCANO IS MONEYAny kid with a 4.8 grade point average is going to be solid. But what I like about Aquinas quarterback
Max Lescano is that he's fearless and athletic to boot. That makes him a perfect high school quarterback.
Max Lescano threw for 152 yards
and ran for 58 more and a TD.
Photo by Stuart Browning
He's not going to get major Division I looks because of his size – he's 5-foot-10, 185 pounds – and he doesn't have a big-league arm, but he's got everything else and then some.
He was the difference on Friday. In the face of third-down situations and De La Salle's fast, frantic and smart defense, Lescano was just one step ahead, both mentally and physically. He used his 4.51-second 40-yard dash speed to escape trouble and hit the corner numerous times.
"The kid is really good," De La Salle coach Bob Ladouceur said. "Maybe even better than we expected. He found a way to get outside and get away. He really hurt us."
Lescano not only completed 9 of 15 passes for 152 yards, but he rushed for a team-best 58 yards on eight carries. He's why the Raiders converted eight third downs and generally broke De La Salle's spirit.
Beyond all that, afterwards he couldn't have been a classier kid. He's being recruited by all the Ivy League schools, but is leaning toward Princeton, which plans to keep him as a quarterback (other places want him at other positions).
"Those guys (De La Salle) are really good," he said. "They're relentless. They never gave up."
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