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!
Aiden Mejia Delivers Best Performance of Season
Verdugo Hills was led to victory by Aiden Mejia, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Mejia rushed for 209 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries, and also picked up 49 receiving yards.
On the season, Mejia has averaged 37.1 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 56.87
North Hollywood Wins Eighth-Straight Thanks to Daylan Garcia
North Hollywood picked up their eighth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Daylan Garcia. Garcia did his part (and then some), rushing for 153 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.0 yards per carry for the 'W'.
North Hollywood pushed their record up to 8-0 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Garcia and North Hollywood will head out to square off against Monroe at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 40.30
Nate Arlauskas Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Nate Arlauskas was instrumental in extending North Hollywood's winning streak to eight on Friday. Arlauskas rushed for 101 yards on only eight carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 63 yards.
For the year, Arlauskas has averaged 24 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 17.38 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 37 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 31.30
While Grant might've come up empty on Friday, Samuel Villagrana wasn't going down without a fight. Villagrana was unstoppable, picking up 98 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 42 yards.
This season, Villagrana has caught 5 touchdowns while averaging 43.2 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 19.38 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.73
Franklin Wilgus Makes It Two for Verdugo Hills
Another Verdugo Hills player making an appearance on this list is Franklin Wilgus. He wasn't messing around on Friday, picking up two sacks and making six total tackles (4.0 for loss). The contest was his fifth straight with five or more total tackles.
For the season, Wilgus has averaged 5.5 total tackles per game and for the season has 9.5 sacks.
Gamescore: 24.25
Other Notable Players
- Carson Rinka: 154 yards passing; 23 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 23.57)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
