When Max Borghi hobbled on in crutches to The Denver Post building for his photo shoot for last year’s All-Colorado team, the Pomona tailback looked the part of a player who just had major knee surgery. The few weeks of immobility since the Panthers’ star tore his ACL and MCL in the state quarterfinals had taken some muscle off his frame, and as he hobbled around the studio for his portrait, a big question hung in the air: Would Borghi be able to be Borghi again, the back with breakaway speed and gifted field vision not seen in the state’s prep ranks since Christian McCaffrey? It’d be a question that Massimiliano Christopher Borghi, the 2017 Gold Helmet winner, would come to answer with a resounding yes during a senior season in which he racked up 2,101 all-purpose yards and 29 touchdowns while leading the Panthers to their first Class 5A state championship. “My comeback was all in the mindset,” Borghi said.