Don Ketchum
Former Staff Writer, AZPreps365.com

North Canyon QB in his fourth year as a starter

September 9, 2010 by Don Ketchum, AZPreps365

"=""> By Don Ketchum
"=""> Who is the state’s leading passer and is No. 2 in total offense?
"=""> Hint: It isn’t Chandler High star quarterback Brett Hundley.
"=""> It is Dominic Portocarrero, a senior at Phoenix North Canyon who has led his Class 5A Division I team to a quick 2-0 start. The Rattlers have a bye on Friday, Sept. 10 before road games against Tempe Corona del Sol on Sept. 16 and Scottsdale Chaparral on Sept. 24.
"=""> The 6-foot, 180-pound Portocarrero has achieved something that not many players can be able to match.
"=""> He has started at quarterback all four years.
"=""> North Canyon coach Brian Cole thinks that if Portocarrero can continue on his present pace, he will finish in the top five in career passing yards and touchdown passes. He had about 5,000 yards and 50 scoring strikes to begin the season, according to Cole.