6A Region I District 7 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!
A Season-Best Performance from Blake Bates Leads Pearce over Irving
Pearce was led to victory by Blake Bates, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Bates rushed for 70 yards and two touchdowns, and also picked up 80 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Pearce pushed their record up to 4-2 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. Bates and Pearce will square off against Richardson at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 39.53
Casagrande Came Up Big in Pearce's 63-27 Win
Keeping Bates company is Andrew Casagrande, a fellow Pearce player. He rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns. He is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
For the season, Casagrande has run in 8 touchdowns while averaging 96.8 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 33.60
Presley Harper Makes It Three for Pearce
Another Pearce player making an appearance on this list is Presley Harper. He threw for 224 yards and three touchdowns while completing 84.2% of his passes.
Irving's probably not too fond of Harper given he always seems to get the better of them. When Harper last faced the Tigers back in October of 2023, he threw for 390 yards and six touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes.
Gamescore: 28.03
Peters Posts Huge Game in 38-10 Defeat
While Dallas Jesuit might've come up empty on Thursday, Charlie Peters wasn't going down without a fight. Peters was unstoppable, throwing for 221 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 55 yards.
On the season, Peters has thrown 13 touchdowns while averaging 192.2 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after six games last season, he was only averaging 12.83 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 42.83 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 20.13
Other Notable Players
- Ke'Sean Price: 2 sacks and 6 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 19.50)
- Rolando King: 1 sack, 1 interception (1TD), and 5 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 19.50)
- Jett Hamby: 69 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 19.23)
- Nate Kinder: 1 interception and 9 total tackles (Gamescore: 17.00)
- Henry Bourret: 63 yards receiving, 1 TD ; 27 yards rushing (Gamescore: 15.87)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
