4A South Metro Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances in games played on Thursday and Friday (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Jamison Seese Delivers Best Effort of Season
Jamison Seese produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Heritage to the win on Thursday. Seese threw for 212 yards and seven touchdowns on only 18 passes, and also rushed for 38 yards and a touchdown. He has become a key player for Heritage: the team is 3-1 when he posts at least three passing touchdowns, but 1-3 otherwise.
The win got Heritage back to even at 4-4. It'll be Battle of the Birds when Eagles faces off against Highlands Ranch at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 59.33
Tanner Terch Has Career-Day on Thursday
Heritage was led to victory by Tanner Terch, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Terch picked up 135 receiving yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 72 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. The bulk of those receiving yards came from one huge play: a catch that gained an incredible 70 yards.
This season, Terch has caught 10 touchdowns while averaging 93.4 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had four receiving touchdowns.
Gamescore: 49.12
De'alcapon Veazy's Big Game Leads Ponderosa over Golden
Ponderosa found a leader in De'Alcapon Veazy as the team took down Golden on Friday. Nobody could stop Veazy as he rushed for 169 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries.
Ponderosa pushed their record up to 5-3 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. Veazy and Ponderosa are on the road again on Friday to play Bear Creek at 4:00 p.m.
Gamescore: 46.13
Dakota Ridge Wins Seventh-Straight Thanks to Landon Kalsbeck
Landon Kalsbeck's big game helped extend Dakota Ridge's winning streak to seven on Thursday. Highlands Ranch had no answer to Kalsbeck as he rushed for 61 yards and a touchdown on only six carries, and also picked up 46 receiving yards. Kalsbeck didn't just play on offense: he also picked up 0.5 sacks and made six total tackles.
Dakota Ridge's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-1. Kalsbeck and Dakota Ridge will host Golden at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 30.32
Brooks Hamlett Rounds Out Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Brooks Hamlett of Highlands Ranch. Hamlett picked up 19 receiving yards and a touchdown.
This is the second loss in a row for Highlands Ranch and nudges their season record down to 5-3. It'll be Battle of the Birds when Falcons faces off against Heritage at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 24.48
Other Notable Players
- Luke Bakken: 122 yards rushing; 22 yards receiving (Gamescore: 22.63)
- Kellen Behrendsen: 184 yards passing; 28 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 22.37)
- Kamari May: 116 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 18.52)
- Brady Palladino: 2 sacks and 5 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 18.00)
- Sam Callas: 69 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 16.20)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
