Sunset 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!
Maranatha Christian Gets a Boost from Tasin in 27-21 Defeat
Starting off the list is Maranatha Christian's Aaron Tasin, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Tasin picked up two sacks and made 15 total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Unfortunately for Tri-City Christian, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Tasin. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Tasin saw Tri-City Christian), he made 14 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Gamescore: 47.15
Dakobi Coleman Puts an End to O'farrell Charter's Losing Streak on Friday
Dakobi Coleman helped snap O'Farrell Charter's 17-game losing streak dating back to last season. Coleman produced his best game of the campaign on Friday: he rushed for 90 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries, and also threw for 143 yards and a touchdown on only 13 passes. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in August.
Rock Academy's probably not too fond of Coleman given he always seems to get the better of them. Coleman rushed for 191 yards and a touchdown the last time he and the Warriors duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 42.53
Tri-City Christian Wins Third-Straight Thanks to Joel Valverde
Tri-City Christian picked up their third consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Joel Valverde. Valverde did his part (and then some), throwing for 337 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.9 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 50 yards for the 'W'. He has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last three times he's played.
This season, Valverde has thrown 19 touchdowns while averaging 173.8 passing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he had six passing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 36.87
Grayson Kennedy Makes It Two for Maranatha Christian
The second Maranatha Christian player making an appearance here is Grayson Kennedy, and for good reason. He rushed for 23 yards and a touchdown.
This year, Kennedy has run in 8 touchdowns while averaging 52.4 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he had one rushing touchdown.
Gamescore: 29.60
O'farrell Charter's Losing Streak Is No More Thanks to Saina Tafilele
Thanks in part to Saina Tafilele, O'Farrell Charter said goodbye to their 17-game losing streak dating back to last season. Rock Academy had no answer to Tafilele on Friday as he rushed for 21 yards.
This season, Tafilele has averaged 24.6 rushing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging five receiving yards per game. This year he is averaging 11.29 receiving yards.
Gamescore: 28.88
Other Notable Players
- Asher Benner: 145 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 28.73)
- Cody Terpstra: 31 yards rushing, 4 TDs (Gamescore: 27.40)
- Zac Garland: 187 yards passing (Gamescore: 19.67)
- Jake Locker: 236 yards passing (Gamescore: 18.73)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
