Brehaut and Nunes stand tall among junior QBs

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It was fun to watch two gifted quarterbacks go head to head last night. It wasn’t quite Matt Scott vs. Matt Barkley, but Josh Nunes of Upland and Richard Brehaut of Los Osos put on quite a show in the 24-21 victory by Los Osos.

The best thing is, they’ll be back for Round 3 next season.

Brehaut, the less-heralded of the two juniors, actually outplayed Nunes, completing 18 of 27 passes for 230 yards and a touchdown, and rushing for 173 yards and another score.

Nunes was sharp, however, completing 16 of 25 passes for 281 yards. Nunes played without his sidekick, starting running back and second-leading receiver Tim Hanson, who was out with a knee injury.

‘Probably the best in this area, if not the whole area,’ Los Osos Coach Tom Martinez said of Brehaut and Nunes.

I was going to ask Martinez exactly what constitutes the ‘whole area,’ but it was getting late.

-- Dan Arritt

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