4A I-25 Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances across Friday and Saturday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Eziah Morales Delivers Best Effort of Season
Grand Junction was led to victory by Eziah Morales, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Morales rushed for 188 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 76-yard run.
This season, Morales has run in those 2 touchdowns while averaging 40.4 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 46.00
Ethan Mangrum Dazzles in Sand Creek Victory
Sand Creek picked up their fifth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Ethan Mangrum. Mangrum turned in nothing short of a gem, rushing for 120 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 108 yards and two touchdowns on only five passes. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 120 rushing yards.
For the year, Mangrum has thrown 6 touchdowns while averaging 61.3 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 43.85
A Season-Best Performance from Will Applegate Leads Grand Junction over Thornton
Grand Junction was led to victory by Will Applegate, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Applegate rushed for 49 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 91 yards and two touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes.
This season, Applegate has thrown 12 touchdowns while averaging 86.6 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he had three rushing touchdowns. This year he is already up to eight.
Gamescore: 31.07
Achilles Evans Makes It Two for Sand Creek
Another Sand Creek player making an appearance on this list is Achilles Evans. He rushed for 117 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries.
This year, Evans has run in 9 touchdowns while averaging 112 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 30.80
Brotherns Posts Huge Game in 57-15 Win
Elijah Brotherns's big game helped extend Sand Creek's winning streak to five on Friday. Nobody could stop Brotherns as he picked up 76 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He got the majority of those receiving yards when he pulled down a pass and took off for a gain of 57 yards.
On the season, Brotherns has caught 9 touchdowns while averaging 48.7 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 29.77
Other Notable Players
- Mathias Martinez: 130 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.58)
- Deven Vaden: 1 sack and 17 total tackles (Gamescore: 22.75)
- Jayden Lyons: 32 yards receiving; 71 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 22.68)
- Joseph Cruz: 1 interception and 13 total tackles (Gamescore: 20.00)
- Dearon Mitchell Lll: 14 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 19.75)
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