7A District 7 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!
Tony Marshall's Big Game Leads Plant City over Riverview Sarasota
Plant City picked up their sixth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Tony Marshall. Marshall turned in nothing short of a gem, rushing for 156 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.8 yards per carry. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last four times he's played.
Plant City's victory was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-2. They and West Orange are set to duel on Friday.
Gamescore: 42.80
Plant City Gets a Boost from Denson in 47-28 Win
Chris Denson was instrumental in extending Plant City's winning streak to six on Friday. Denson was dynamite, rushing for 106 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries, while also throwing for 246 yards and a touchdown.
For the year, Denson has thrown 26 touchdowns (and and only 2 picks) while averaging 193.8 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after 11 games last season, he had three rushing touchdowns. This year he is already up to 11.
Gamescore: 38.10
Gianni Flore Turns in Season-Best Performance
Gianni Flore produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Newsome to the win on Friday. Flore rushed for 166 yards and two touchdowns, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
Newsome has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. Flore and Newsome will head out on the road to challenge Venice at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 34.80
Plant City Wins Sixth-Straight Thanks to Tylor Morton
Plant City picked up their sixth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Tylor Morton. Morton rushed for 93 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
Gamescore: 25.40
Big Game from Robinson As Sumner Fell 34-27
Rounding off our Top Five is Taesean Robinson of Sumner. Robinson picked up 118 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He is becoming a predictor of Sumner's success: when he posts at least two receiving touchdowns the team is 4-2 (and 2-3 when he doesn't).
On the season, Robinson has caught 11 touchdowns while averaging 91.8 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after 11 games last season, he was only averaging 5.82 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 24.13
Other Notable Players
- Noah Guenther: 64 yards passing; 44 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 20.87)
- Tj Knighten: 136 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 20.43)
- Antonio Balaguer: 255 yards passing (Gamescore: 20.20)
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