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THE MESA TRIBUNE | DECEMBER 12, 2021
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Germaines brighten Mountain View football’s future
dominant 37-7 win over Mica Mountain on Oct. 14. Jack has turned heads with his stelhe Mountain View High School foot- lar season stat line, going 124 of 180 for ball team proved this season it has 2,341 yards and 22 touchdowns. Those a promising future ahead, especially numbers, along with zero interceptions at the quarterback position. earned, him a passer rating of 151.2, the Sophomore quarterback Jack Germaine highest in the state. This was the first high took charge of the Toros this season, be- school season that Jack actually competed coming the primary quarterback after a in, as he was sidelined with an injury for his freshman year. “It was a pretty smooth transition,” Jack said. “Good practices and getting a feel for the tempo of the game, and how much faster it is compared to younger years of football, it has all kind of started coming in.” The mastermind behind the Mountain View football team is Jack’s own father, Joe. Joe took the head coaching job at his alma mater in April and has quickly propelled the program to success. The dedication that his team demonstrated during the season is something that stood out to Joe. “The most special thing for me this year was the buy-in from the players in our program. Especially the seniors,” Joe Germaine, Jack’s father, returned to Mountain View this sea- Joe said. “To be able to son as head coach. He won the 1993 state title with the Toros go out there with this at quarterback before going on to start at Ohio State. Now, he new era of Mountain hopes to coach the program in a successful manner alongside View football, for them Jack. (David Minton/Tribune Staff) to be accepting of that BY NICK BORGIA Tribune Contributing Writer
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and for them to take that on will always be special to me.” Joe is no stranger to success by any means. Nearly three decades ago, Joe led the Toros to the 1993 state championship and went on to play at Ohio State, where he led the Buckeyes to win the 1997 Rose Bowl. Joe was named the Big Ten Conference Most Valuable Player and got drafted to the St. Louis Rams in 1999. After Joe’s professional career, he stuck with football as a coach. In 2012, he led Queen Creek High School to a 4A state championship. During his time at Queen Creek, Joe coached alongside Travis Schureman, who was also a part of the Mountain View sophomore quarterback Jack Germaine helped 1993 Mountain View lead the Toros to an 8-3 overall season this year and a spot in the state champion squad. 6A playoffs. With him under center, the future is bright for the Schureman, who has program. (David Minton/Tribune Staff) been an incredibly close family-friend of is a junior lineman at Queen Creek. Jack the Germaines over the years, has the ut- and Griffin grew up playing flag football and Pop Warner with their fathers watchmost respect for Joe and his family. “It’s a pleasure for me to call them ing every step of the way. Schureman had the chance to watch friends. I love them like family,” Schureman said. “Joe’s been my best friend for Jack play at the high school level for the many years. We’ve been through a lot. It’s first time in Mountain View’s 6A playoff sure neat to see him go back to Mountain loss, where they fell 40-35 to Mountain View and be successful and turn that pro- Ridge. Despite the loss, Jack went 30 of 37, throwing for 483 yards and recording five gram around.” On top of that, Jack has a very close relasee GERMAINE page 25 tionship with Shureman’s son, Griffin, who
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