3A Central 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!
Dan Mahan Turns in Season-Best Effort
Dan Mahan produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Williams to the win on Friday. Mahan threw for 236 yards and five touchdowns while completing 91.7% of his passes, and also rushed for 147 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries.
Mahan might have his next game, a home matchup with Cedar Ridge, circled on his calendar. Mahan threw for 152 yards and four touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes, and also punched in a rushing score the last time he and the Fighting Red Wolves duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 70.52
A Season-Best Effort from Tyrek Samuel Leads Eastern Alamance over Cedar Ridge
Eastern Alamance was led to victory by Tyrek Samuel, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Samuel rushed for 134 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 66 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Cedar Ridge had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Samuel it was a similar story. Samuel rushed for 70 yards and three touchdowns, and also picked up 83 receiving yards and a touchdown the last time he and the Fighting Red Wolves duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 41.20
Jayden Russo Has Career Rushing Day
Jayden Russo produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Eastern Alamance to the win on Friday. Russo rushed for 117 yards and three touchdowns, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 63 yards.
For the season, Russo has run in 5 touchdowns while averaging 36.7 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he was only averaging 10.67 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 39.80
Leontae Turner Turns in Another Game with at Least One Interceptions
Leontae Turner produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Williams to the win on Friday. Turner wasn't messing around, picking up a sack, forcing a fumble, and making nine total tackles in addition to snagging an interception. The game was his third straight with one or more interceptions dating back to last season.
On the year, Turner has averaged 6.9 total tackles per game and for the season has 5 interceptions.
Gamescore: 27.00
James Newton Goes Supernova in Western Alamance Defeat
Rounding off our Top Five is James Newton of Western Alamance. Newton rushed for 76 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries, and also picked up 39 receiving yards.
If history really does repeat itself, Newton might just drop another big game when he faces off against Cedar Ridge on Friday. When Newton last faced the Fighting Red Wolves back in October of 2023, he rushed for 48 yards and a touchdown, and also caught a touchdown.
Gamescore: 24.00
Other Notable Players
- Andrews Cruz: 78 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 23.38)
- Kristopher Rogers: 100 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 21.38)
- Jarrett Newell: 1 interception (1TD) and 5 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 21.00)
- William Overby: 77 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 20.20)
- Jordan Hall: 100 yards rushing (Gamescore: 15.20)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
