Junior quarterback will have a season under his belt after leading Celts to the Pac-5 championship game.

Eric Sondheimer, LA Times (4/30)

One of the biggest surprises last football season was Encino Crespi's reaching the Southern Section Pac-5 Division championship game behind sophomore quarterback Bryan Bennett, who took over as the starter in the first quarter of the first game because of a season-ending knee injury to Kevin Prince.

Bennett was so nervous coming in that "he couldn't even call the play out," a teammate recalled. That first play went for a 55-yard touchdown run by Austin Shanks against Lake Balboa Birmingham.

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