Hi-Plains 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!
Timothy Johnson Delivers Best Effort of Season
Sadly, Timothy Johnson posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Lakin over Hoisington on Friday. Johnson picked up 91 receiving yards and three touchdowns. He got the majority of those receiving yards when he pulled down a pass and took off for a gain of 60 yards.
This season, Johnson has caught those 3 touchdowns while averaging 15.2 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 32.60
Rider Made His Presence Known in Lakin's 48-31 Loss
Keeping Johnson company is Ross Rider, a fellow Lakin player. He rushed for 119 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 54 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
On the year, Rider has caught 2 touchdowns while averaging 9.7 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he was only averaging 0.83 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 27.83
Big Game from Gonzalez As Stanton County Fell 63-14
Stanton County was sadly handed a defeat on Friday, but Arihm Gonzalez did his best to prevent it. Nobody could stop Gonzalez as he rushed for 81 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries. His longest rush was for an incredible 74 yards.
Stanton County dropped their record down to 1-5 with the loss, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. Gonzalez and Stanton County will square off against Plainville/Natoma on Friday.
Gamescore: 27.25
While Southwestern Heights might've come up empty on Friday, Luis Martinez wasn't going down without a fight. Despite the defeat, Martinez was still balling out as he picked up 43 receiving yards, and also rushed for 37 yards.
Southwestern Heights is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-4. Martinez and Southwestern Heights will head out to challenge Cimarron at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 19.02
Angel Puentes Makes It Two for Southwestern Heights
Keeping Martinez company is Angel Puentes, a fellow Southwestern Heights player. He picked up a sack and made ten total tackles.
On the year, Puentes has averaged 6.2 total tackles per game and for the season has 2 sacks.
Gamescore: 17.25
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
