4A I-25 Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances across Friday and Saturday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Eziah Morales Turns in Season-Best Effort
Grand Junction was led to victory by Eziah Morales, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Morales rushed for 188 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 76-yard run.
This season, Morales has run in those 2 touchdowns while averaging 40.4 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 46.00
Mangrum Made His Presence Known in Sand Creek's 57-15 Victory
Ethan Mangrum was instrumental in extending Sand Creek's winning streak to five on Friday. Mangrum was dynamite, rushing for 120 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 108 yards and two touchdowns on only five passes. His rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 120 rushing yards.
This season, Mangrum has thrown 6 touchdowns while averaging 61.3 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 43.85
Addisu Mccormick Has Career Rushing Day
Centaurus was led to victory by Addisu Mccormick, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Saturday. Mccormick rushed for 188 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an impressive 59 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Centaurus moved to 4-3 with that victory, which also ended their three-game losing streak. Mccormick and Centaurus will head out on the road to square off against Grand Junction at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 38.00
A Season-Best Performance from Will Applegate Leads Grand Junction over Thornton
Grand Junction was led to victory by Will Applegate, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Applegate rushed for 49 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 91 yards and two touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes.
For the season, Applegate has thrown 12 touchdowns while averaging 86.6 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he had three rushing touchdowns. This year he is already up to eight.
Gamescore: 31.07
Sand Creek Gets a Boost from Evans in 57-15 Victory
The second Sand Creek player making an appearance here is Achilles Evans, and for good reason. He rushed for 117 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries.
On the season, Evans has run in 9 touchdowns while averaging 112 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 30.80
Other Notable Players
- Elijah Brotherns: 76 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 29.77)
- Mathias Martinez: 130 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.58)
- Halas Wise: 197 yards passing (Gamescore: 24.43)
- Deven Vaden: 1 sack and 17 total tackles (Gamescore: 22.75)
- Jayden Lyons: 32 yards receiving; 71 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 22.68)
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