5A-2 Region III District 11 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!
Jonah Garcia Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Pflugerville Connally was led to victory by Jonah Garcia, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Garcia rushed for 279 yards and seven touchdowns while picking up 8.5 yards per carry. The performance once again pushed his average rushing yardage north of 100 yards per game (119.7). He is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last three games he's played.
Pflugerville Connally's victory ended a seven-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-4. Garcia and Pflugerville Connally will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Elgin at 7:30 p.m. on November 1st.
Gamescore: 84.60
Dylan Owens Delivers Best Performance of Season
Elgin was led to victory by Dylan Owens, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Owens rushed for 88 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries, and also threw for 138 yards and two touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes. Elgin is 2-1 when Owens posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 1-3 otherwise.
Elgin has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 3-4 record this season. Owens and Elgin will head out to square off against Bastrop at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 56.57
Liberty Hill Wins Sixth-Straight Thanks to Kyle May
Kyle May's big game helped extend Liberty Hill's winning streak to six on Friday. Pflugerville had no answer to May as he rushed for 181 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.2 yards per carry.
Liberty Hill's win bumped their record up to 6-1. May and Liberty Hill will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Crockett at 7:00 p.m. on November 1st.
Gamescore: 44.20
Liberty Hill Gets a Boost from Muchaw in 35-28 Victory
Bryce Muchaw was instrumental in extending Liberty Hill's winning streak to six on Friday. Muchaw was unstoppable, rushing for 157 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.8 yards per carry. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 81-yard run.
On the year, Muchaw has run in 9 touchdowns while averaging 126.6 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 2.86 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 37.00
Cole Taylor's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Pflugerville over Liberty Hill
Rounding off our Top Five is Cole Taylor of Pflugerville. Taylor threw for 355 yards and four touchdowns. His passing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 302 passing yards.
Pflugerville's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-2. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Panthers dukes it out withCrockett at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 32.37
Other Notable Players
- Jalen Owens: 90 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 29.47)
- Weston Nielsen: 130 yards passing; 1 TD rushing (Gamescore: 28.57)
- Gary Jefferson Jr: 83 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 26.20)
- Jaivion Martin: 102 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 22.53)
- Ladainian Merino: 45 yards rushing, 1 TD ; 1 TD receiving (Gamescore: 21.88)
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