County/Metro 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!
Kendale Mcgrew Turns in Season-Best Performance
Sanger was led to victory by Kendale McGrew, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. McGrew rushed for 158 yards while picking up 8.3 yards per carry. He also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up two sacks and making five total tackles in addition to snagging an interception.
The win (which was Sanger's third in a row) raised their record to 4-2. McGrew and Sanger will square off against Justin Garza at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 46.25
Andrew Garcia Has Career-Day on Friday
San Joaquin Memorial was led to victory by Andrew Garcia, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Garcia rushed for 189 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.5 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
On the year, Garcia has run in those 1 touchdown while averaging 65 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he was only averaging 18.33 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 44.48
A Season-Best Effort from David Bell Leads San Joaquin Memorial over Justin Garza
San Joaquin Memorial was led to victory by David Bell, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Bell rushed for 142 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 65 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
This season, Bell has averaged 22.7 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 40.47
Burton Posts Huge Game in 59-20 Win
Blake Burton was instrumental in extending Madera's winning streak to five on Friday. Edison had no answer to Burton as he rushed for 128 yards and four touchdowns. Burton's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 103 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Madera's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-1. Burton and Madera will challenge Bullard at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 39.98
Jacob Niemeyer Makes It Two for Sanger
The second Sanger player making an appearance here is Jacob Niemeyer, and for good reason. He rushed for 78 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries.
For the season, Niemeyer has run in 5 touchdowns while averaging 57.2 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 39.50
Other Notable Players
- Bryson Baker: 22 yards receiving, 1 TD ; 127 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 36.87)
- Joel Arellano: 233 yards passing; 56 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 33.03)
- Kenji Tiscareno: 121 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 18.48)
- Arion Ciano: 51 yards passing; 78 yards rushing (Gamescore: 16.90)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
