5A-2 Region II District 7 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!
Jojo Adams Delivers Best Performance of Season
On Friday, Whitehouse got the W thanks in part to Jojo Adams playing the best football he has all season. Adams rushed for 183 yards and five touchdowns on only eight carries, and also threw for 233 yards and a touchdown while completing 72.2% of his passes, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an incredible 73 yards.
The victory got Whitehouse back to even at 4-4. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Wildcats challenges Hallsville at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 82.13
A Season-Best Performance from Keyunta Lias Leads Marshall over Jacksonville
On Friday, Marshall got the W thanks in part to Keyunta Lias playing the best football he has all season. Lias rushed for 147 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. Marshall is undefeated when Lias posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise.
Marshall is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. Lias and Marshall will venture away from home to square off against Nacogdoches at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 36.60
Tradarian Ball Dazzles in Texas Victory
Tradarian Ball's big game helped extend Texas's winning streak to eight on Friday. Mt. Pleasant had no answer to Ball as he rushed for 68 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries, and also picked up 61 receiving yards and a touchdown. Ball is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last four games he's played.
Mt. Pleasant's probably not too fond of Ball given he always seems to get the better of them. Ball rushed for 140 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries, and also caught a touchdown the last time he and Mt. Pleasant duked it out back in September of 2023.
Gamescore: 35.32
Ahmad Moore's Rushing Yards a New Career-High
Ahmad Moore produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Texas to the win on Friday. Moore rushed for 119 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
This year, Moore has run in 4 touchdowns while averaging 54.4 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 2.71 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 32.58
Tyren Mathews Rounds Out Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Tyren Mathews of Nacogdoches. Mathews' rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 107 rushing yards.
Nacogdoches now has a losing record at 3-4. Mathews and Nacogdoches will square off against Marshall at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 31.87
Other Notable Players
- Shawn Rios: 15 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 24.75)
- Kaden Mackey: 1 sack and 10 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 22.00)
- Kadavion Pickens: 13 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 21.25)
- Raijon Sims: 143 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 20.72)
- Javonta Robertson: 1 interception and 10 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 20.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
