Southwest Yosemite - River Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances in games played on Thursday and Friday (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Jalen Murphy Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Liberty was led to victory by Jalen Murphy, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Murphy rushed for 252 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.5 yards per carry. He's now once again averaging 100+ rushing yards (118.1) per game. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
For the season, Murphy has run in 7 touchdowns while averaging 118.1 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 18.86 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 42.98
Froehlich Made His Presence Known in Garces Memorial's 19-14 Defeat
Garces Memorial had to settle for second on Friday, but Jack Froehlich sure wasn't going down easily. Froehlich was unstoppable, picking up 1.5 sacks, forcing a fumble, and making 12 total tackles (5.0 for loss).
Garces Memorial is on an eight-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-7. Froehlich and Garces Memorial will venture away from home to face off against Frontier at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 35.75
A Season-Best Performance from Isaiah Lefotu Leads Garces Memorial over Stockdale
Garces Memorial came up short on Friday despite Isaiah Lefotu delivering his best game to date. Lefotu picked up 2.5 sacks, forced two fumbles, and made eight total tackles (5.0 for loss).
For the season, Lefotu has averaged 2.9 total tackles per game and for the season has those 2.5 sacks.
Gamescore: 34.75
While Frontier might've come up empty on Thursday, Logan Slaton wasn't going down without a fight. Liberty had no answer to Slaton as he rushed for 19 yards.
Frontier now has a losing record at 3-4. Slaton will try to repeat (or improve) on that dominant performance when he faces off against Garces Memorial on Friday.
Gamescore: 33.60
Nate Young Dazzles in Stockdale Victory
Thanks in part to Nate Young, Stockdale said goodbye to their five-game losing streak. Nobody could stop Young on Friday as he picked up two sacks and made six total tackles (3.0 for loss).
This season, Young has averaged 6.7 total tackles per game and for the season has 3 sacks.
Gamescore: 29.83
Other Notable Players
- Nate Espericueta: 2 sacks and 7 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 21.00)
- Landon "LJ" Riley: 1 sack and 7 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.75)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
