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.
For the season, Morales has run in those 2 touchdowns while averaging 40.4 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 46.00
Mangrum Made His Presence Known in Sand Creek's 57-15 Win
Ethan Mangrum was instrumental in extending Sand Creek's winning streak to five on Friday. Mangrum was unstoppable, rushing for 120 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 108 yards and two touchdowns on only five passes. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 120 rushing yards.
On the year, Mangrum has thrown 6 touchdowns while averaging 61.3 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 43.85
Addisu Mccormick Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Addisu Mccormick produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Centaurus to the win 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 take on Grand Junction at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 38.00
Will Applegate Turns in Season-Best Performance
Grand Junction was led to victory by Will Applegate, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Applegate rushed for 49 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 91 yards and two touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes.
For the year, Applegate has thrown 12 touchdowns while averaging 86.6 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 80.76 passer rating per game. This year he is averaging 123.8 passer rating.
Gamescore: 31.07
Achilles Evans Goes Supernova in Sand Creek Win
Sand Creek picked up their fifth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Achilles Evans. Evans did his part (and then some), rushing for 117 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries for the 'W'.
On the 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)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
