John Curtis sophomore London Padgett has played quarterback since the first time he put on pads for the school.

Never did he think he would have this high of a passing total, as Padgett completed 9 of 12 passes for 282 yards and two long touchdown passes as the usually run-heavy Patriots defeated Jesuit 37-10 in a District 9-5A game on Friday at The Shrine on Airline.

Padgett threw touchdown passes of 58 yards to Paul Dufrene in the second quarter and 87 yards to Darryck Horton in the third, setting the Patriots (7-0, 5-0 District 9-5A) well on the way to remaining undefeated ahead of the district title showdown against Edna Karr next week.

“We can throw the football,” Curtis coach J.T. Curtis said. “It’s not what we do all the time. But if people are going to overplay us” to defend the

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