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Menlo School wide receivers like Carter Jung and Robby Enright know they’re going to see a lot of balls thrown their way. It’s a lot of fun catching passes and scoring touchdowns, something that’s buried deep in the Knights football DNA.
With very few exceptions the past 40 years, Menlo remains pass crazy and addicted to touchdowns.
“I can’t explain how fun it is,” Jung said after Menlo’s latest victory, a 49-12 decision over host The King’s Academy in a nonleague game Friday night. “I’m just so proud to have a quarterback like Sergio, to have our offensive line and to have all the other great receivers.”
Some may call it working hard. At Menlo, it’s just another day of making connections, whether in a game or in a park just running routes for fun.
“After practice we like working with the defensive backs on stuff,” Jung said. “On weekends we go out and throw the ball around.”
Sergio Beltran completed 18 of 21 passes, six for touchdowns, for 263 yards. Jake Bianchi stepped in midway through the third quarter and was 7 of 9 passing for another 68 yards and a touchdown.
Enright was on the receiving end of three touchdowns, Jung added two and Ben Banatao grabbed one. Bianchi and Jack Giesler connected on the last scoring play.
“We’re happy about putting up points on offense and stopping on defense, but there’s always room to improve,” Enright said.
Beltran was responsible for 340 total yards, rushing for another 77 yards against TKA. He’s averaging 307 passing yards and 400 total yards with 13 touchdowns on a completion percentage of .786 in his first two games this season.
The Menlo defense also had a big day, limiting TKA to 196 total yards and recorded a pair of fumble recoveries (Cort Halsey and Eron Chen) and a pass interception (Ty Richardson). One of TKA’s scoring drives was of eight yards following a Menlo turnover.
And then there’s the case of Logan Deeter, a mild-mannered tackle on offense and a seemingly crazed outside linebacker on defense. He’s often in the middle of things and was a favorite of the stadium announcer.
Deeter and his cohorts Noah Kornfeld, Aidan Zhou and Max Kinder, among others, make it easy for Beltran to find his receivers and difficult for the opposing offense to gain any traction.
Menlo (2-0) will look to continue its success next Saturday with a 2 p.m. nonleague contest against visiting Mission (0-1).
