3A-2 Region IV District 15 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!
Israel Soto's Big Game Leads Karnes City over Young Men's Leadership Academy
Starting off the list is Karnes City's Israel Soto, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Soto rushed for 147 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. Those 147 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
This season, Soto has averaged 18.8 receiving yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after six games last season, he was only averaging 20.5 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 67.83 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 52.57
A Season-Best Effort from Raishaun Conaway Leads Young Men's Leadership Academy over Karnes City
Young Men's Leadership Academy came up short on Friday despite Raishaun Conaway delivering his best game to date. Conaway rushed for 169 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.0 yards per carry. The performance once again pushed his average rushing yardage north of 100 yards per game (103.7). He was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 51 yards.
Young Men's Leadership Academy is on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-5. Conaway and Young Men's Leadership Academy will be playing in front of their home fans against Nixon-Smiley at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 37.68
Garet Gonzales Turns in Season-Best Effort
Garet Gonzales produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Nixon-Smiley to the win on Friday. Gonzales rushed for 98 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries, and also picked up 32 receiving yards and a touchdown. Nixon-Smiley is 2-1 when Gonzales posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 0-3 otherwise.
This year, Gonzales has run in 4 touchdowns while averaging 71.7 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 36.88
Nixon-Thompson Came Up Big in Karnes City's 48-15 Win
Another Karnes City player making an appearance on this list is Savion Nixon-Thompson. He rushed for 52 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 90 yards and a touchdown.
This year, Nixon-Thompson has thrown 7 touchdowns while averaging 110.3 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 28.75
A Constellation of Stars for Karnes City
Another Karnes City player making an appearance on this list is Andrew Crow. He picked up 63 receiving yards and a touchdown. He showed off some serious burst, cutting upfield on a catch for 56 yards.
For the season, Crow has caught 5 touchdowns while averaging 53.8 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 25.42
Other Notable Players
- Jaylun Rodriguez: 0.5 sacks and 11 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 20.25)
- Major Luna: 193 yards passing (Gamescore: 17.37)
- Trenton Gordon: 105 yards rushing (Gamescore: 16.60)
- Coy Gann: 58 yards receiving; 65 yards rushing (Gamescore: 15.68)
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