A Region 5 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!
Karmello Jones Delivers Best Effort of Season
Cross was led to victory by Karmello Jones, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Jones rushed for 289 yards and seven touchdowns while picking up 11.6 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 87-yard run.
The victory was the fourth in a row for Cross, bringing their record for this year to 6-2. Jones and Cross will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Bethune-Bowman at 7:30 p.m. on October 25th.
Gamescore: 101.30
Bethune-Bowman's Losing Streak Is No More Thanks to Jaedon Bell
Jaedon Bell helped snap Bethune-Bowman's 13-game losing streak dating back to last season. St. John had no answer to Bell on Friday as he threw for 172 yards and four touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes.
Bethune-Bowman's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-7. Bell and Bethune-Bowman will take on Scott's Branch at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 33.77
Baptist Hill Gets a Boost from Grant in 37-20 Loss
While Romaine Grant delivered a dominant performance on Friday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Baptist Hill. Nobody could stop Grant as he rushed for 50 yards and two touchdowns, and also picked up 49 receiving yards.
If the past is any indication, Grant could be in store for another big game when he takes on St. John's on Friday. Grant picked up 122 receiving yards and a touchdown the last time he and the Islanders duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 31.43
Jailyn Broughton Makes It Two for Cross
The second Cross player making an appearance here is Jailyn Broughton, and for good reason. He picked up two sacks and made ten total tackles.
For the season, Broughton has averaged 6.6 total tackles per game and for the season has 5 sacks.
Gamescore: 24.75
Preston Fuller Turns in Season-Best Performance
On Friday, Cross got the W thanks in part to Preston Fuller playing the best football he has all season. Fuller picked up a sack, made five total tackles (2.0 for loss), and defended two passes.
This year, Fuller has averaged 3.4 total tackles per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging eight receiving yards per game. This year he is averaging 24.63 receiving yards.
Gamescore: 24.58
Other Notable Players
- Kevin Smalls,Jr: 20 total tackles (Gamescore: 24.00)
- Jamarie Haynes: 20 total tackles (Gamescore: 21.00)
- Ki'Lyn Gordon: 70 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 18.25)
- Devyn Jenkins: 16 total tackles (Gamescore: 17.25)
- Maurice Dawson: 44 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 16.82)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
