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La Costa Canyon\u2019s Luke Labrum passes during the summer passing league tournament at La Costa Canyon High School on Saturday, July 11, 2026 in Carlsbad, California. (Meg McLaughlin \/ The San Diego Union-Tribune)<\/p>\nIt wasn\u2019t always perfect spirals, long completions and touchdowns for Dax Labrum.<\/p>\n
\u201dIn the fourth grade, I was the right guard and an outside linebacker,\u201d said Labrum, now the quarterback for No. 6-ranked and 5-0 Santa Fe Christian. \u201cAt one of our games, we were down to 10 guys, and didn\u2019t have a quarterback.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe coach asked who wanted to play the position, and nobody stepped up. So I volunteered.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I was terrible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Things have changed since then.<\/p>\n
The 6-foot-3, 190-pound Labrum threw for 3,106 yards and 36 touchdowns last season as Santa Fe Christian went 13-1 and won the San Diego Section Division 2 championship before losing to Arcadia Rio Hondo Prep in the Southern California Regionals.<\/p>\n
SFC is off to a 5-0 start this season with Labrum passing for 1,271 yards and 17 TDs without an interception.<\/p>\n
His \u201clittle\u201d brother, 6-foot-6 Luke, is a sophomore quarterback at No. 5-ranked La Costa Canyon.<\/p>\n
Luke Labrum, who is splitting time with senior Jackson Miller, has thrown for 759 yards and five TDs.<\/p>\n
Dax Labrum chose to attend SFC because of his friends.\u00a0Brother Luke chose LCC because there was the opportunity to play as a sophomore.<\/p>\n
The brothers love each other, but the two rarely see each other on weekdays.<\/p>\n
\u201cI only see him a couple of minutes a day,\u201d Dax said. \u201cWe\u2019re at different schools; we have different schedules.\u201d<\/p>\n
Things change on the weekends.<\/p>\n
\u201dIt would be great to see him more, but on Saturdays and Sundays we watch each other\u2019s games,\u201d Luke Labrum said. \u201cWe break things down. We have fun watching each other. He\u2019s the veteran and really helps me. I especially learn from my mistakes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI used to catch for him when he wanted to throw. He has led the way.\u201d<\/p>\n
La Costa Canyon\u2019s Luke Labrum passes during the summer passing league tournament at La Costa Canyon High School on Saturday, July 11, 2026 in Carlsbad, California. (Meg McLaughlin \/ The San Diego Union-Tribune)<\/p>\n
The Labrum brothers have been tutored by quarterback guru Jose Mohler, founder of Left Coast Athletix. Dax also has the advantage of working with Hall of Fame quarterback Drew Brees, who is an assistant at SFC.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth are really enthusiastic about playing quarterback,\u201d Mohler said. \u201cThey\u2019re infatuated with seeing the ball fly. Both are high-IQ throwers. They both have great eyes, great feet. Both are fluid.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey realize playing quarterback is as much mental as it is physical. The position is more than just throwing a ball. They absorb the game. They ask the right questions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dax Labrum played JV football as a freshman, but it was clear he was \u201ca quarterback and a leader,\u201d said SFC coach Jon Wallace.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was the varsity backup as a sophomore, but our starter got hurt and Dax has been the starter ever since.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Santa Fe Christian quarterback Dax Labrum on the sidelines with teammates during the second half against Helix at the Santa Fe Christian School in Solana Beach on Friday, August 21, 2026. (Hayne Palmour IV \/ For The San Diego Union-Tribune)<\/p>\n
For his career, Dax Labrum has completed 377 of 586 passes for 6,015 yards and 74 TDs with just 10 interceptions. SFC has won 18 of its last 19 games and 27 of the last 30.<\/p>\n
Dax will play collegiately at Cornell. Luke already has an offer to play at San Diego State.<\/p>\n
\u201dLuke has room to grow and develop,\u201d said La Costa Canyon coach Sean Sovacool. \u201cHis hands are huge and his feet are awesome. We challenge our players, and Luke wants to be coached. He\u2019s a competitor who wants to be the best.\u201d<\/p>\n
Said Mohler:\u00a0\u201cLuke has the advantage of Dax walking the path before him. Both have a high ceiling.\u201d<\/p>\n
And both Labrum brothers have their teams poised for the playoffs.<\/p>\n
Should LCC run the gauntlet and win the Avocado West League, finishing ahead of No. 1 Carlsbad, No. 4 Mission Hills, No. 5 LCC, No. 8 San Marcos and No. 9 Torrey Pines, the Mavericks would most certainly be an Open Division team for the playoffs. A loss or two would put them in Division 1.<\/p>\n
Should SFC sweep the Coastal League, with a win already over Army-Navy, a forfeit win over La Jolla Country Day and an upcoming nonleague game next Thursday with Los Angeles King\/Drew, the Eagles could slip into Division 1 for the postseason.<\/p>\n
Creative pairing could match SFC and LCC in the first round of the playoffs.<\/p>\n
\u201cWouldn\u2019t that be something?\u201d Wallace said. \u201cBrother vs. brother.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It wasn\u2019t always perfect spirals, long completions and touchdowns for Dax Labrum. \u201dIn the fourth grade, I was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[7,4779,9378,4601,2044,186668,181,12564,3054,12565,74,84,76,75,127,1696],"class_list":["post-474722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-california","tag-cardiff-by-the-sea","tag-carlsbad","tag-encinitas","tag-high-school-sports","tag-la-costa","tag-latest-headlines","tag-leucadia","tag-north-county","tag-olivenhain","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-county","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-sports","tag-top-stories-sdut"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}