Pacific Coast - Gabilan Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances in games played on Thursday and Friday (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Eli Dukes Delivers Best Effort of Season
Palma came up short on Friday despite Eli Dukes delivering his best game to date. Dukes rushed for 271 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.8 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 58 yards.
Dukes must have Aptos's number; he was a force to be reckoned with the last time he faced them too. When Dukes last faced the Mariners back in October of 2023, he rushed for 115 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries.
Gamescore: 54.47
Casey Macconnell Has Career-Day on Friday
Casey Macconnell posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 97 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries.
This season, Macconnell has run in 2 touchdowns while averaging 37.3 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 1.86 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 27.60
Nate Garcia Makes It Two for Aptos
Keeping Macconnell company is Nate Garcia, a fellow Aptos player. He rushed for 67 yards and three touchdowns.
This season, Garcia has run in 6 touchdowns while averaging 43 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.60
A Season-Best Performance from Ryan Solorio Leads Aptos over Palma
Ryan Solorio posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. As a matter of fact, he turned in his biggest game of the season, rushing for 107 yards on only 11 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 66 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
For the year, Solorio has thrown 0 touchdowns while averaging 16.1 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 17.10
Hudson Summerrill Turns in Season-Best Effort
On Thursday, Soquel got the W thanks in part to Hudson Summerrill playing the best football he has all season. Summerrill picked up 88 receiving yards and a touchdown. He got the majority of those receiving yards when he pulled down a pass and took off for a gain of 55 yards.
The victory was the fourth in a row for Soquel, bringing their record for this year to 4-2. Summerrill and Soquel will welcome Everett Alvarez at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 15.13
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