Lee County whips Monroe, 38-7, in Friday’s scrimmage

LEESBURG — There’s a new quarterback and new faces everywhere, but it’s the same Lee County football team — throwing the ball all over the place and making teams play catch up.

Matt Mears, who had to replace record-setting Justin Walker at quarterback at Lee County, threw two touchdown passes and two more backup quarterbacks threw one each as the Trojans knocked off Monroe, 38-7, in a scrimmage on Friday night in Leesburg.

“Monroe looks real good,” Lee County coach Dean Fabrizio said. “But our kids really played well. The defense was phenomenal. Monroe has a lot of weapons on offense. I thought Andrew Stroud and Thomas Wright both had exceptional games for us on defense.”

Mears completed 12 of 20 passes for 191 yards and hit Josh Cabrera twice for TDs — a 30-yarder and a 20-yarder. Cabrera also had an interception. Kenneth Hurley returned a kickoff 89 yards for a TD and Lee County did just about everything right, even nailing a field goal as Nathan Elmore hit a 25-yarder.

Stephen Collier, a sophomore, stepped in for Mears and threw a TD pass and third-string quarterback Justin Frier threw a TD pass. Collier also had four receptions for 21 yards.

Monroe had its moments and scored on an 8-yard run by Devine Noel, who has moved from quarterback to running back this season.

“Monroe looked good,” Fabrizio repeated. “I think they’re going to have a good year.”