Crescenta Valley QB Brian Gadsby: Southeast Division Player of the Year
Brian Gadsby wasn’t going to play football in 2014. Once his senior year is complete at Crescenta Valley he’s heading to UCLA on a baseball scholarship. So he had decided to focus on the sport that holds his future. It was completely understandable by coaches and teammates. But Gadsby had a change of heart.
After missing spring and early summer workouts, Gadsby spoke to head coach Paul Schilling late in the summer and asked if he could rejoin the team. Schilling welcomed him back but did advise Gadsby that he would have to compete for the starting quarterback job. Gadsby won the job that he excelled at in 2103 and the rest as they say is history.
Gadsby took what he did last year and turned it up a notch. He threw for 3780 yards and 40 touchdowns…yeah 40. He averaged 270 yards per game. Against Golden Valley in the second game of the season he threw for 441 yards and six touchdowns. His other monster game was against Glendale when he threw for 367 yards and five scores. In the playoffs he racked up 310 against Paramount and 299 vs. La Serna. He threw 11 picks on the year but none in the CIF Final win over a physical Downey team – a game in which he managed perfectly. He had a quarterback rating of 117.9.
With Gadsby chucking it all over the field, CV was a threat to score anytime from anywhere. You knew he was going to make a big pass sooner or later, it was just a matter of when. Gadsby proved to be a leader on the team helping guide the team to an undefeated season. Baseball is Gadsby’s future but his 2014 football season was one for the ages. In 2014, Gadsby was the Southeast Division Player of the Year.
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