5A Southern 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!
A Season-Best Performance from Ryken Banks Leads Legend over Pine Creek
Legend was led to victory by Ryken Banks, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Saturday. Banks rushed for 150 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries, and also picked up 41 receiving yards and a touchdown. His longest rush was for an impressive 52 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
The win (which was Legend's third in a row) raised their record to 5-1. Banks and Legend will welcome Chaparral at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 41.55
Tatum O'donnell Delivers Best Performance of Season
On Saturday, Legend got the W thanks in part to Tatum O'Donnell playing the best football he has all season. O'Donnell picked up three sacks and made 14 total tackles (5.0 for loss).
This season, O'Donnell has averaged 7.7 total tackles per game and for the season has 4 sacks.
Gamescore: 34.75
Champ Jones Turns in Season-Best Effort
Legend was led to victory by Champ Jones, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Saturday. Jones picked up two sacks and made 11 total tackles (3.0 for loss). The effort also marked the most rushing yards (31) he has had since back in August of 2023.
For the year, Jones has averaged 7.2 total tackles per game and for the season has 2.5 sacks.
Gamescore: 28.70
Another Game with at Least 112 Receiving Yards from Nolan Case
Douglas County was led to victory by Nolan Case, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Case's receiving production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 112 receiving yards. He also posted 169 receiving yards, which is notable because Douglas County is undefeated when he posts at least 80 receiving yards, but 1-2 otherwise.
On the year, Case has caught 3 touchdowns while averaging 89.8 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.85
Angus Garvey Delivers Electric Effort Vs Regis Jesuit
Angus Garvey continued his hot streak on Saturday by dropping his 11th-straight game (dating back to last season) with at least five total tackles. He picked up a sack and made 11 total tackles (4.0 for loss).
For the year, Garvey has averaged 11 total tackles per game and for the season has 3 sacks. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 6.33 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 26.25
Other Notable Players
- Luke Rubley: 230 yards passing; 1 TD rushing (Gamescore: 20.83)
- Caleb Petree: 86 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 20.65)
- Da'Kari Releford Jr: 61 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 20.58)
- Adrian Lee: 1 sack, 1 interception, and 6 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 20.50)
- Aaden Parsons: 271 yards passing; 34 yards rushing (Gamescore: 19.37)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
