East Valley Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances from Friday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Aiden Mejia Turns in Season-Best Effort
Verdugo Hills was led to victory by Aiden Mejia, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Mejia rushed for 209 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries, and also picked up 49 receiving yards.
For the season, Mejia has averaged 37.1 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 56.87
North Hollywood Wins Eighth-Straight Thanks to Daylan Garcia
Daylan Garcia's big game helped extend North Hollywood's winning streak to eight on Friday. Garcia was dynamite, rushing for 153 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.0 yards per carry.
North Hollywood's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-0. Garcia and North Hollywood will head out on the road to square off against Monroe at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 40.30
Nate Arlauskas Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Nate Arlauskas's big game helped extend North Hollywood's winning streak to eight on Friday. Arlauskas rushed for 101 yards on only eight carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 63 yards.
For the season, Arlauskas has averaged 24 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 17.38 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 37 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 31.30
Grant was sadly handed a defeat on Friday, but Samuel Villagrana did his best to prevent it. Villagrana was dynamite, picking up 98 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 42 yards.
On the season, Villagrana has caught 5 touchdowns while averaging 43.2 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 19.38 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.73
Franklin Wilgus Makes It Two for Verdugo Hills
Another Verdugo Hills player making an appearance on this list is Franklin Wilgus. He wasn't messing around on Friday, picking up two sacks and making six total tackles (4.0 for loss). The match was his fifth straight with five or more total tackles.
On the season, Wilgus has averaged 5.5 total tackles per game and for the season has 9.5 sacks.
Gamescore: 24.25
Other Notable Players
- Carson Rinka: 154 yards passing; 23 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 23.57)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
