Breaking News update: After reporting earlier in the morning that Kurt Scoby could wind up at Duarte, it seems the rumor is close to fruition. Aram just talked to Duarte coach Jason Martin, who said Kurt Scoby has checked out of Charter Oak and is “in the process,” of enrolling at Duarte. This is as big as it gets for news in off-season. This part is important, Aram wrote: Martin reported that Scoby was practicing with the team on Monday morning, along with recent Muir transfer linebacker Denzel Talifero. After posting this, Martin called Aram to clarify about Scoby practicing with the team. Scoby, who is on spring break, was at Duarte Monday morning training with soon-to-be teammate Talifero because both are involved with B2G. The workout consisted mostly of agility drills and was not a team practice. Duarte does not start practice until May 7.
The junior-to-be at Duarte is a scary thought considering what the area’s best back would do in the Montview. It’s hard to imagine a player of that caliber at a school that struggled to field a football team just a couple years back. But Scoby could single-handedly make the Falcons Northwest Division contenders. In fact, you could argue that Scoby now has a better shot of winning a CIF title at Duarte than Charter Oak. Since the season ended rumors swirled that Scoby might leave Charter Oak and wind up at Bishop Amat or Monrovia, but now it seems like he will wind up bringing the Falcons back to life. The second part to this story is what will become of Charter Oak without Travis Santiago or Scoby with a beefed-up non-league schedule followed by the Sierra League? I’m predicting right now that Charter Oak and South Hills will not make the playoffs. The third part of this is will Scoby be eligible? I guarantee it’s not a slam dunk. Plus, this is the school that tried to stop the Canada’s and several others from transferring by complaining the transfers were for athletic reasons, stripping Jordan Canada’s senior year at South Hills. Now that the script is flipped, will Charter Oak complain that Scoby’s transfer is “athletically motivated,” and what will CIF do about it?
Quotes from Duarte coach Jason Martin on Kurt Scoby enrolling at Duarte
“He checked out of Charter Oak for sure and he’s in the process of enrolling at Duarte High. He’ll be enrolled this coming Monday because we’re on spring break right now.”