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 Performance
Williams was led to victory by Dan Mahan, who turned in his biggest game of the season 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 is probably looking forward to his next game, a home matchup against Cedar Ridge on Thursday. When Mahan last faced the Fighting Red Wolves back in October of 2023, he threw for 152 yards and four touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes, and also punched in a rushing score.
Gamescore: 70.52
Tyrek Samuel Delivers Best Performance of Season
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. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Samuel saw the Fighting Red Wolves), he rushed for 70 yards and three touchdowns, and also picked up 83 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Gamescore: 41.20
Jayden Russo Has Career Rushing Day
On Friday, Eastern Alamance got the W thanks in part to Jayden Russo playing the best football he has all season. Russo rushed for 117 yards and three touchdowns, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 63 yards.
On the year, Russo has run in 5 touchdowns while averaging 36.7 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had one rushing touchdown.
Gamescore: 39.80
Leontae Turner Turns in Another Game with at Least One Interceptions
Williams was led to victory by Leontae Turner, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Turner wasn't messing around, picking up a sack, forcing two fumbles, and making nine total tackles in addition to snagging an interception. The match was his third straight with one or more interceptions dating back to last season.
This year, Turner has averaged 6.9 total tackles per game and for the season has 5 interceptions.
Gamescore: 31.00
Western Alamance Gets a Boost from Newton in 49-21 Loss
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.
Newton is probably looking forward to his next game, a road matchup against Cedar Ridge on Friday. Newton rushed for 48 yards and a touchdown, and also caught a touchdown the last time he and the Fighting Red Wolves duked it out back in October of 2023.
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
