No experience, no problem: Acalanes’ Josh Elerts scores two TDs in first ever game at running back

LAFAYETTE — Josh Elerts is not a running back. Prior to Friday, he never played the position in his life. For Acalanes, he was, in essence, the emergency running back for the emergency running back.

By halftime against Miramonte, Acalanes’ coaching staff needed their emergency running back for their emergency running back. An injury decimated an already thin group; Elerts, despite having never taken a handoff in a real game, was elevated to first string. Given how Miramonte was playing...