4A I-25 Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances across Friday and Saturday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Eziah Morales Delivers Best Performance of Season
Eziah Morales produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Grand Junction to the win on Friday. Morales rushed for 188 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 76-yard run.
This year, Morales has run in those 2 touchdowns while averaging 40.4 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 46.00
Big Game from Mangrum As Sand Creek Won 57-15
Sand Creek picked up their fifth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Ethan Mangrum. Cheyenne Mountain had no answer to Mangrum as he rushed for 120 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 108 yards and two touchdowns on only five passes. Mangrum's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 120 rushing yards.
This season, Mangrum has thrown 6 touchdowns while averaging 61.3 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 43.85
Addisu Mccormick Has Career Rushing Day
Centaurus was led to victory by Addisu Mccormick, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Saturday. Mccormick rushed for 188 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an impressive 59 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
With the victory, Centaurus broke their three-game losing streak and moved their record to 4-3. Mccormick and Centaurus will head out to square off against Grand Junction at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 38.00
A Season-Best Performance from Will Applegate Leads Grand Junction over Thornton
On Friday, Grand Junction got the W thanks in part to Will Applegate playing the best football he has all season. Applegate rushed for 49 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 91 yards and two touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes.
On the year, Applegate has thrown 12 touchdowns while averaging 86.6 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he had three rushing touchdowns. This year he is already up to eight.
Gamescore: 31.07
Evans Came Up Big in Sand Creek's 57-15 Victory
Another Sand Creek player making an appearance on this list is Achilles Evans. He rushed for 117 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries.
This year, Evans has run in 9 touchdowns while averaging 112 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 30.80
Other Notable Players
- Elijah Brotherns: 76 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 29.77)
- Mathias Martinez: 130 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.58)
- Halas Wise: 197 yards passing (Gamescore: 24.43)
- Deven Vaden: 1 sack and 17 total tackles (Gamescore: 22.75)
- Jayden Lyons: 32 yards receiving; 71 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 22.68)
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