3A District 1 Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances in games played on Thursday and Friday (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Jamarcuz Fountain Turns in Season-Best Effort
Pensacola came up short on Friday despite Jamarcuz Fountain delivering his best game to date. Fountain rushed for 207 yards on only 15 carries, and also threw for 102 yards and a touchdown. His longest rush was for an impressive 62 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Pensacola's loss was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 3-4. Fountain will try to repeat (or improve) on that dominant performance when he faces off against St. Michael Catholic on Friday.
Gamescore: 45.80
Damien Rivers Turns in Another Game with at Least Six Total Tackles
On Friday, Pensacola had to settle for second even though Damien Rivers put up the best numbers he has all season. Rivers wasn't messing around, picking up two sacks and making 13 total tackles (4.0 for loss). The contest was his seventh straight with six or more total tackles dating back to last season.
For the year, Rivers has averaged 10.7 total tackles per game and for the season has 3 sacks.
Gamescore: 30.25
Bay found a leader in Jon Devos as the squad took down West Florida on Thursday. West Florida had no answer to Devos as he rushed for 34 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 113 yards and a touchdown on only ten passes.
This season, Devos has thrown 2 touchdowns while averaging 49.5 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 22.73
Omari Johnson Makes It Two for Bay
Keeping Devos company is Omari Johnson, a fellow Bay player. He picked up 61 receiving yards.
On the season, Johnson has averaged 83.2 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 17.60
A Season-Best Performance from Javar Bowden Leads Bay over West Florida
Bay was led to victory by Javar Bowden, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Bowden picked up 108 receiving yards and a touchdown. He was no stranger to the big play, connecting on a big catch that went for 50 yards.
On the year, Bowden has caught 3 touchdowns while averaging 56 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 23 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 17.13
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