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!
A Season-Best Performance from Eziah Morales Leads Grand Junction over Thornton
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.
On the year, Morales has run in those 2 touchdowns while averaging 40.4 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 46.00
Big Game from Mangrum As Sand Creek Won 57-15
Ethan Mangrum was instrumental in extending Sand Creek's winning streak to five on Friday. Mangrum did his part (and then some), rushing for 120 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 108 yards and two touchdowns on only five passes for the 'W'. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 120 rushing yards.
For the season, Mangrum has thrown 6 touchdowns while averaging 61.3 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 43.85
Addisu Mccormick Has Career-Day on Saturday
On Saturday, Centaurus got the W thanks in part to Addisu Mccormick playing the best football he has all season. Mccormick rushed for 188 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an impressive 59 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Centaurus moved to 4-3 with that victory, which also ended their three-game losing streak. Mccormick and Centaurus will venture away from home to take on Grand Junction at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 38.00
Will Applegate Delivers Best Effort of Season
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
Evans Posts Huge Game in 57-15 Win
The second Sand Creek player making an appearance here is Achilles Evans, and for good reason. 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
Other Notable Players
- Elijah Brotherns: 76 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 29.77)
- Mathias Martinez: 130 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.58)
- Halas Wise: 197 yards passing (Gamescore: 24.43)
- Deven Vaden: 1 sack and 17 total tackles (Gamescore: 22.75)
- Jayden Lyons: 32 yards receiving; 71 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 22.68)
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