Almont 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!
Elias Navarro Delivers Best Effort of Season
Elias Navarro produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Schurr to the win on Thursday. Navarro rushed for 186 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.9 yards per carry. He's now once again averaging 100+ rushing yards (105) per game. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Navarro might have his next game, a road matchup with Montebello, circled on his calendar. Navarro rushed for 174 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.3 yards per carry, and also picked up 49 receiving yards the last time he and the Oilers duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 50.38
A Season-Best Effort from Joseph Alvarado Leads Schurr over Alhambra
Schurr was led to victory by Joseph Alvarado, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Alvarado threw for 200 yards and three touchdowns on only 17 passes.
For the year, Alvarado has thrown 8 touchdowns while averaging 109.4 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 13 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 22.13 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 28.03
Another Game with at Least Six Total Tackles from Matthew Cortez
Sadly, Matthew Cortez posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Montebello over Bell Gardens on Friday. Cortez wasn't messing around, picking up two sacks, forcing a fumble, and making nine total tackles. The matchup was his eighth straight with six or more total tackles dating back to last season. He is becoming a predictor of Montebello's success: when he posts at least two sacks the team is 2-1 (and 2-3 when he doesn't).
For the season, Cortez has averaged 8.4 total tackles per game and for the season has 4 sacks. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had one sack.
Gamescore: 26.50
Daniel Tovar's Big Game Leads Bell Gardens over Montebello
Daniel Tovar put up the most rushing yards he's had since back in September of 2023 on Friday. He rushed for 83 yards and two touchdowns.
If history really does repeat itself, Tovar might just drop another big game when he faces off against Mark Keppel on Friday. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Tovar saw the Aztecs), he rushed for 54 yards and two touchdowns.
Gamescore: 21.80
Sean Allen and Co. Win Fifth in a Row
Sean Allen was instrumental in extending Bell Gardens's winning streak to five on Friday. Nobody could stop Allen as he picked up 71 receiving yards and a touchdown.
This season, Allen has caught 6 touchdowns while averaging 51.3 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 14.43 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 21.10
Other Notable Players
- Jonathan Calderon: 2 sacks and 9 total tackles (Gamescore: 17.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
