Ask Pleasant Valley quarterback Brandon Keyes about his stats, and he'll point to his teammates.

Question him about his team's success, and he'll credit his coaches.Keyes is often quick to deflect individual praise.But the junior has played a large role in the Bears' success this season.That trend continued last Friday when Keyes threw for 261 yards and five touchdowns in Pleasant Valley's 59-14 win over William Allen, a performance that earned him Times News Player of the Week honors for Week 4."It's great to get an award, but I would not have been able to get this award without any of my other teammates," Keyes said. "I didn't get sacked one time the entire night; I think I got hit one time."Most of my passing yards were yards after the catch. So my whole team made the plays, which allowed me to get this."Keyes had little trouble getting his teammates involved against the Canaries, throwing touchdowns to Mike Mitchell (54 yards), Justin Richardson (59 and 37 yards) and Mike Brown (22 and 66 yards) as the Bears piled up 438 yards of total offense in a game they led 52-14 at halftime.That type of output is nothing new for Keyes or the Pleasant Valley offense. Through the first four weeks of the season, the Bears are averaging an area-best 46 points per game and 446 yards per contest.It's no surprise, then, to see Keyes sitting atop the list of area passing leaders, having thrown for 985 yards and 12 scores this season, while Mitchell is tops in rushing (432 yards) and Richardson leads in receiving (569 yards).While Keyes' physical skills have enabled him to put up gaudy numbers, it's another trait that has impressed Pleasant Valley head coach Mark Versuk the most."He's a very smart kid ... he looks at film and you only have to tell him one time," Versuk said of Keyes. "We're able to put a couple of plays in at once and he's able to determine which one is the best one. So, coaches may get credit for calling plays, but he's the one that's deciding which one it is that we're gonna go with and which is the best matchup against a certain defense. We weren't able to do that last year with him as a sophomore. He was a great player but he was just young and we weren't able to do the things that we're doing now where we're adjusting at the line of scrimmage. He's just really grown with that."We have to be on the same page because I'm giving him a couple of options and he's making the call. He's really matured that way. That's the biggest thing. His arm was always strong; he's gotten a little stronger. He's always thrown a nice ball. He's gotten a little taller. But overall, I think just being able to relax before he breaks out of the huddle and just think about what we have to do to execute the play, that's the biggest thing."Though Versuk is in his first season as the Bears' head coach, he was the team's offensive coordinator a year ago when Keyes took over and started the final five games of the season.That familiarity has been a vital part of Keyes' progression this season."Last year at this point, I was the third-string quarterback," Keyes said. "From last year to this year, just from playing those five games last year, I've definitely gained tons of experience, especially with reading defenses. And coach Versuk has helped me a lot with that, just knowing the timing of routes."We're pretty much on the same page. I know what he wants and expects from me. He's hard on me and everything, but that's expected. He wants me to be the best quarterback I can be. We're usually on the same page. We know pretty much what's going on every single play. He knows what I'm looking for, I know what he wants me to look for, so it's a good relationship."