{"id":2007547,"date":"2023-08-21T21:49:44","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T01:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/freshman-quarterback-seizes-the-reins-at-huntington-beach-high\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T21:55:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T01:55:03","slug":"freshman-quarterback-seizes-the-reins-at-huntington-beach-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/freshman-quarterback-seizes-the-reins-at-huntington-beach-high\/","title":{"rendered":"New QB Takes Charge at Huntington Beach High"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffreshman-quarterback-seizes-the-reins-at-huntington-beach-high%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2007547&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>HUNTINGTON\u200c BEACH \u2064FRESHMAN MAKES BIG\u200d IMPACT ON VARSITY DEBUT<\/h2>\n<p>Rarely \u200bdoes a\u200d freshman\u2064 show up for his initial\u200c day of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">high school<\/a>\u200b already established as a big man on campus.<\/p>\n<p>Brady Edmunds of \u200bHuntington Beach is no ordinary freshman.\u200c Twelve days before his first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/freshman-quarterback-seizes-the-reins-at-huntington-beach-high\/\" title=\"New QB Takes Charge at Huntington Beach High\">scheduled high school class<\/a>, he quarterbacked the Oilers to a 34\u201321 victory over visiting Mayfair-Lakewood\u200c in his varsity football debut on Aug. 18.<\/p>\n<p>Listed at 6-foot-5 and 200 pounds, the 15-year-old is obviously a big boy. Before the first day of school on Aug. 30, Edmunds will try to\u2063 further enlarge his burgeoning reputation when Huntington Beach visits Trabuco Hills on Aug. 24.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/california-high-school-football-hall-of-fame-set-to-open-at-rose-bowl-5450325\">California&#8217;s High School \u2062Football Hall of \u200cFame Set to Open \u2063at Rose Bowl<\/a> &#8211; 8\/7\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/edison-high-assistant-football-coach-leads-maui-relief-effort-5473892\">Edison High Assistant Football Coach \u200bLeads\u200c Maui Relief Effort<\/a> &#8211; 8\/17\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite his youth, Edmunds had only one significant line of questioning leading into \u200dhis first high\u2062 school action. It came two days \u2064beforehand and had to do with the game plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe walks in \u200dand he\u2019s \u2063like, \u2018So what are you thinking, Coach? Are you gonna kind of spoon-feed me, or run the ball and get it going, and then see how I\u2019m doing?\u2019\u201d Oilers Coach Brett Brown told The Epoch Times. \u201cI said, \u2018What do you want me\u200b to do?\u2019 He\u2019s like, \u2018I\u2019m ready, Coach.\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018Okay, playbook\u2019s open. \u200dWe\u2019re going to\u200d throw the ball on first down. We\u2019ll get after it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe \u200cdidn\u2019t have to coddle and baby him. We just let him loose. He exceeded my\u200c expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>High school football player Brady Edmunds (8) pitches the ball at Huntington Beach\u2019s 34\u201321 victory over Mayfair in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Aug. 18, 2023. (Jeremy Westerbeck\/JPWest Media)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>While Edmunds didn\u2019t \u2064light up the \u200dstat sheet, due in part to a few balls that glanced \u2063off receivers\u2019 hands, he tossed touchdown passes to Musashi Ray, Troy Foster, and Hunter Gray, who broke a short\u200c in pattern \u200bfor a 52-yard score to give Huntington Beach a \u200c20\u201314\u200d lead on the first series of the second half.<\/p>\n<p>Edmunds finished 8 of\u200c 19 for\u200c 113 \u2062yards passing while throwing nothing even remotely close to an interception. \u2062He orchestrated a 71-yard touchdown march on the Oilers\u2019 first possession, received a big\u200d hug \u200cfrom Mr. Brown upon returning to the sideline, and later led scoring drives of 69, 86, 10, \u2063and 74 yards.<\/p>\n<p>Edmunds \u2062also ran the ball three times\u200d for 21 yards and emboldened by great work from an experienced \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tampa-ball-how-the-buccaneers-built-a-roster-of-rejects-and-misfits-and-won-a-super-bowl\/\" title=\"Tampa-Ball: How The Buccaneers Built A Roster of Rejects And Misfits And Won A Super Bowl\u00a0\">offensive line<\/a>\u200d led \u200bby Justin Tauanuu and \u2062Sean Marella, did not suffer a sack. Running back Tyler Young\u2064 added a huge rushing night that included 8- and 5-yard touchdown scampers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought I did well for a freshman the first game \u200dstarting on varsity, but it\u2064 was \u2064a great team win,\u201d \u200cEdmunds told\u2062 The Epoch Times. \u201cThe offensive line was amazing. Tyler \u2063Young running \u200dthe ball was \u2064amazing. Troy\u200d played amazing. Steel [Kurtz] played amazing. Hunter played amazing, and our defense came up \u2064huge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Being surrounded by a roster that\u2064 includes 32 seniors provides\u2062 tremendous\u200b support \u200bfor Edmunds, but it also could \u2062have been problematic \u200dfor a young quarterback tasked with leading older players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a big kid and he has a big\u200c arm, but the most impressive things about him right now are his confidence and his leadership ability,\u201d Mr. Brown said. \u201cHe\u200b gets our guys going, on offense at least. He\u2019s not afraid to tell them to pick it up and to move faster \u2026 They love him.\u2062 He\u2019s their\u2062 guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Edmunds\u2019s maturity level and his\u200d age simply do not correlate. In a move that is becoming\u2062 increasingly common among high-level \u200cyoung athletes, especially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jimmy-kimmel-says-wallstreetbets-might-be-russian-disruptors\/\" title=\"WATCH: Jimmy Kimmel Says WallStreetBets Might Be \u2018Russian Disruptors\u2019\">football players<\/a>, Edmunds chose to\u200c repeat eighth grade. The decision had nothing\u200c to do with academics, given that he carries a 4.0\u2063 grade-point average, but was rather the result of a stress fracture in his throwing elbow that necessitated a mechanical overhaul directed\u2063 by private quarterbacks coach\u2064 Tim Chou.<\/p>\n<p>Edmunds\u2019 parents, Eric and Katrina, initially opposed the idea of delaying high school for a year, and agreed only after requesting and receiving a detailed plan from their \u200dson on how he would utilize\u2064 the extra time \u200caround online schooling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2064 wasn\u2019t just, \u2018Okay, I\u2019m working out on Monday and I\u2019m doing this\u200c on Tuesday,\u201d the father told \u2064The Epoch Times. \u201cIt was by \u2064the hour, every day, five days a week. This isn\u2019t like, \u2018Sit at home, play \u200dvideo games, and stuff like that.\u2019 He had a\u2063 regimen \u200bthat he stuck to, getting up in the\u2063 morning like everyone else in our household.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:360px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>High school football player Brady Edmunds (8)\u200c is handing the ball to senior \u200drunning back Tyler Young (23) at Huntington Beach\u2019s\u2063 34\u201321\u200b victory \u2064over Mayfair in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Aug. 18, 2023. (Jeremy Westerbeck\/JPWest Media)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>By his\u2064 own estimation, Edmunds has gone \u2062through \u201cmultiple workouts a\u2064 day, every single day,\u201d since determining that he wanted \u200cto play quarterback while in sixth grade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never really taken a day off, to be honest with you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>There was also a calculated choice regarding where Edmunds would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-the-racist-left-smears-clarence-thomas-as-an-angry-black-man\/\" title=\"Why The Racist Left Smears Clarence Thomas As An \u2018Angry Black Man\u2019\">attend high school<\/a> and play his football. The determining factor was Mr. Brown,\u200b a former quarterback hi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huntington Beach&#8217;s Brady Edmunds is not your average freshman. Just 12 days before his first high school class, he led the Oilers to a 34-21 win in varsity football against Mayfair-Lakewood. Already a big man on campus, he&#8217;s making quite the impression from day one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2251,"featured_media":2007548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2007547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2251"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2007547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2007548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2007547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2007547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2007547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}