WPIAL AAA Interstate 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!
A Season-Best Effort from Charlie Nigut Leads Elizabeth Forward over Derry
Charlie Nigut produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Elizabeth Forward to the win on Friday. Nigut rushed for 162 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries, and also picked up 48 receiving yards and two touchdowns. His longest rush was for an impressive 67 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
The win (which was Elizabeth Forward's third in a row) raised their record to 4-3. Nigut and Elizabeth Forward will welcome Yough at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 63.20
Yough was sadly handed a defeat on Friday, but Raidon Kuroda did his best to prevent it. Nobody could stop Kuroda as he picked up a sack and made eight total tackles. He also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up a sack and making eight total tackles.
Yough is on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-5. Kuroda will have a chance to log another big game when he takes on Elizabeth Forward on Friday.
Gamescore: 57.57
Camren Phillips Has Career-Day on Friday
Camren Phillips produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Southmoreland to the win on Friday. Phillips rushed for 131 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an impressive 55 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
The win was the third in a row for Southmoreland, bringing their record for this year to 6-1. Phillips and Southmoreland will challenge Mt. Pleasant at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 39.00
Ryan Messina Dazzles in Elizabeth Forward Win
The second Elizabeth Forward player making an appearance here is Ryan Messina, and for good reason. He threw for 216 yards and four touchdowns while completing 90.9% of his passes.
For the year, Messina has thrown 15 touchdowns while averaging 164.6 passing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he had nine passing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 32.50
Connor Stokes Turns in Season-Best Effort
Elizabeth Forward was led to victory by Connor Stokes, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Stokes picked up 108 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 92 yards.
For the year, Stokes has caught 5 touchdowns while averaging 48.9 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 16.86 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 29.47
Other Notable Players
- Elliot Premus: 90 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 29.30)
- Ethan Shawley: 45 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 29.08)
- Anthony Smith: 215 yards passing (Gamescore: 25.33)
- Christopher Climes: 1 sack and 9 total tackles (5.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 24.50)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
