4A District 5 Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances in games played from last Friday through Monday (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
A Season-Best Performance from Calvin Thomas Leads Gainesville over Lake Weir
Gainesville was led to victory by Calvin Thomas, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Monday. Thomas picked up 211 receiving yards and four touchdowns. Gainesville is undefeated when Thomas posts two or more receiving touchdowns, but 2-3 otherwise.
This year, Thomas has caught 9 touchdowns while averaging 80 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 45.60
Nelson Tambling Turns in Season-Best Effort
Nelson Tambling produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Gainesville to the win on Monday. Tambling threw for 239 yards and four touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes.
For the season, Tambling has thrown 11 touchdowns while averaging 141.4 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 38.23
Braylen Moore Goes Supernova in Lecanto Defeat
Braylen Moore posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He picked up 94 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 40 yards and a touchdown.
Lecanto's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 5-3. Moore and Lecanto will welcome Leesburg at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 30.85
Big Game from Tipton As Lecanto Fell 28-24
Another Lecanto player making an appearance on this list is Jt Tipton. He threw for 206 yards and two touchdowns while completing 76.2% of his passes, and also rushed for 82 yards on only nine carries.
This year, Tipton has thrown 23 touchdowns (and and only 2 pick) while averaging 210.6 passing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he had 12 passing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 29.93
Other Notable Players
- Lamar Garrison: 107 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 25.37)
- Messiah Bailey: 2.5 sacks and 3 total tackles (2.5 for loss) (Gamescore: 18.75)
- Xavier Irizarry: 223 yards passing (Gamescore: 17.87)
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