Pima coach Jim Monaco signs former Catalina Foothills standouts

Pima College football coach Jim Monaco signed Desert View High School running back Alex Courtmanche, who gained 1,981 yards as the Jaguars had a breakout 8-3 season in 2016. Among the 26 players in Monaco’s recruiting class are seven prospects from Hawaii and two of Catalina Foothills’ leading players from an 11-3 state championship game team. Linebacker Brandon Smith, who made a team-high 107 tackles, and defensive back Blake Rashad, who made 61 tackles, both will play for the Aztecs. Foothills coach Jeff Scurran, who turns 70 this year, told me last week he will not retire, as had been speculated. After giving football clinics in Europe for five weeks this summer, Scurran will return for his fifth season at Foothills. 

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