AAAAA Region 4 Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances from Friday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
A Season-Best Performance from Julian Shanks Leads Arabia Mountain over Shiloh
Arabia Mountain came up short on Friday despite Julian Shanks delivering his best game to date. Shanks rushed for 71 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries, and also threw for 349 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.6 yards per attempt.
Arabia Mountain is on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-7. Shanks and Arabia Mountain will square off against Tri-Cities at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 49.87
Marlin Mathis Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Shiloh was led to victory by Marlin Mathis, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Mathis rushed for 208 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.3 yards per carry. He's now once again averaging 100+ rushing yards (111.3) per game. Those 208 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
On the year, Mathis has run in 7 touchdowns while averaging 111.3 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he had one rushing touchdown.
Gamescore: 43.60
Ricky Simmons Turns in Season-Best Performance
Ricky Simmons produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Shiloh to the win on Friday. Simmons threw for 137 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 passes, and also rushed for 62 yards.
For the season, Simmons has thrown 10 touchdowns while averaging 132.6 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 31.83
White Made His Presence Known in Decatur's 31-0 Win
Darius White was instrumental in extending Decatur's winning streak to eight on Friday. White did his part (and then some), rushing for 95 yards and three touchdowns for the 'W'.
Decatur pushed their record up to 8-0 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. White and Decatur will take on Woodward Academy at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 30.18
Landon Dean Delivers Best Performance of Season
Shiloh was led to victory by Landon Dean, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Dean picked up 79 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
On the season, Dean has caught 7 touchdowns while averaging 59.1 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 24.95
Other Notable Players
- Quay Hood: 2 sacks and 5 total tackles (4.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 22.00)
- Makhi Williams-Lee: 1 sack and 7 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.00)
- X?vien Brinson: 106 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 16.93)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
