4A South Meck Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances from Thursday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
A Season-Best Performance from Jashawn Shaw Leads Berry over Ballantyne Ridge
Berry was led to victory by JaShawn Shaw, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Shaw wasn't messing around, picking up two sacks and making 11 total tackles (7.0 for loss). The matchup was his third straight with six or more total tackles.
Berry moved to 2-5 with that win, which also ended their five-game losing streak. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Cardinals takes on Garinger at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 36.25
Berry's Losing Streak Is No More Thanks to Daylyn Taylor
Daylyn Taylor helped snap Berry's five-game losing streak. Ballantyne Ridge had no answer to Taylor on Thursday as he picked up four sacks, forced a fumble, and made seven total tackles.
On the year, Taylor has averaged 5 total tackles per game and for the season has those 4 sacks. He is looking even better than he did last year: after five games last season, he was only averaging 0.2 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 36.25
Olympic was sadly handed a defeat on Thursday, but De'Angelo Hall did his best to prevent it. Palisades had no answer to Hall as he picked up 56 receiving yards, and also punched in a rushing score. Hall also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, forcing a fumble and making a tackle.
For the season, Hall has averaged 53.7 receiving yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 1.43 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 4.14 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 17.40
Wiley Iv Made His Presence Known in Olympic's 27-14 Defeat
Another Olympic player making an appearance on this list is Alex Wiley Iv. He picked up 77 receiving yards and a touchdown.
This season, Wiley Iv has caught 8 touchdowns while averaging 75.6 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had three receiving touchdowns.
Gamescore: 17.08
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