6A East Valley 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!
Simon Lopez Turns in Season-Best Effort
On Friday, Red Mountain had to settle for second even though Simon Lopez put up the best numbers he has all season. Lopez threw for 262 yards and four touchdowns, and also rushed for 46 yards and a touchdown.
Red Mountain is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-3. Lopez and Red Mountain will face off against Centennial at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 46.87
Brandon Brown Delivers Best Effort of Season
Brandon Brown produced his most outstanding game to date while leading ALA - Queen Creek to the win on Friday. Brown rushed for 121 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 53 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
ALA - Queen Creek pushed their record up to 9-1 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. Brown and ALA - Queen Creek will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Desert Mountain at 7:00 p.m. on November 22nd.
Gamescore: 38.73
Kalen Fisher Delivers Electric Performance Vs Desert Ridge
Winning always takes teamwork, but on Friday Kalen Fisher stepped things up a notch to give Highland the 'W'. Nobody could stop Fisher as he threw for 250 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 11.4 yards per attempt.
On the year, Fisher has thrown 20 touchdowns while averaging 194 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 1.6 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 17.2 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 34.37
Anthony Martin Makes It Two for Highland
Keeping Fisher company is Anthony Martin, a fellow Highland player. He picked up 114 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Gamescore: 23.73
Another Highland player making an appearance on this list is Kruz Cullimore. He rushed for 87 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries.
For the season, Cullimore has averaged 36.9 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 23.58
Other Notable Players
- Britt Dewitt: 187 yards passing (Gamescore: 20.57)
- Tait Reynolds: 117 yards passing; 83 yards rushing (Gamescore: 20.50)
- Joshua Chappell: 1 sack and 6 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.50)
- Cooper Camac: 2 sacks and 6 total tackles (Gamescore: 17.00)
- Bosten Renneman: 64 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 16.98)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
