5A-1 Region III District 10 Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances in games played from last Thursday through Saturday (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
David Baines Delivers Best Effort of Season
David Baines produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Westbury to the win on Friday. Baines rushed for 178 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries, and also threw for 196 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an impressive 59 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
For the season, Baines has thrown 6 touchdowns while averaging 70.9 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he had one rushing touchdown. This year he is already up to six.
Gamescore: 62.02
Kevion West Has Career Rushing Day
Kevion West posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 101 rushing yards dating back to last season. He showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 53 yards.
The win was the fifth in a row for Waltrip, bringing their record for this year to 5-1. West and Waltrip will host Westbury at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 60.70
Braylon Wilson Makes It Two for Waltrip
Keeping West company is Braylon Wilson, a fellow Waltrip player. He made a tackle. He's now once again averaging 100+ rushing yards (107.5) per game. He was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 68 yards.
Gamescore: 44.35
Lummus Made His Presence Known in Milby's 54-0 Victory
Winning always takes teamwork, but on Thursday Aaron Lummus stepped things up a notch to give Milby the 'W'. Nobody could stop Lummus as he threw for 181 yards and four touchdowns on only nine passes, and also rushed for 40 yards and a touchdown.
For the year, Lummus has thrown 11 touchdowns while averaging 119.4 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 6.86 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 68.71 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 41.97
Jeremiah Shelley Turns in Season-Best Effort
Westbury was led to victory by Jeremiah Shelley, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Shelley wasn't messing around, picking up three sacks and making eight total tackles. The match was his sixth straight with five or more total tackles dating back to last season. Westbury is 2-1 when Shelley posts one or more sacks, but 1-3 otherwise.
On the year, Shelley has averaged 6.7 total tackles per game and for the season has 8 sacks. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 4.43 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 28.50
Other Notable Players
- Isaiah Washington: 136 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 25.85)
- Dareus Hubbard: 65 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.00)
- Fredderrick Chambers: 16 total tackles and 1 forced fumble (Gamescore: 22.00)
- Camajae Brush: 1 sack and 10 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 20.75)
- Jefferson Rivas Hernandez: 58 yards receiving; 2 TDs rushing (Gamescore: 17.10)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
