1A East (8 Man) 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!
Andrew Blair Delivers Best Effort of Season
Andrew Blair produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Superior to the win on Friday. Blair rushed for 262 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 14.6 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
On the season, Blair has run in 6 touchdowns while averaging 75.3 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 74.45
Hayden Wins 20th-Straight Thanks to Kino Lorona
Hayden picked up their 20th consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Kino Lorona. Lorona produced his best game of the campaign : he rushed for 95 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries, and also picked up 67 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 61 yards.
Unfortunately for Cicero Prep Academy, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Lorona. When Lorona last faced the Centurions back in October of 2023, he picked up 68 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 63 yards and a touchdown.
Gamescore: 63.62
Tyler Garner Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Tyler Garner was instrumental in extending Hayden's winning streak to 20 on Friday. Garner rushed for 165 yards and two touchdowns, good enough for us to rate the performance as the best he's had all season long. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 100.1 rushing yards per game.
This season, Garner has run in 12 touchdowns while averaging 100.1 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 59.55
Ryland Duarte's Big Game Leads Superior over Ray
Ryland Duarte posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 121 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries.
This season, Duarte has averaged 57.9 receiving yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 23.14 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 37 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 44.98
Paul Gaither and Co. Win 20th in a Row
Paul Gaither's big game helped extend Hayden's winning streak to 20 on Friday. Gaither did his part (and then some), throwing for 145 yards and four touchdowns on only ten passes for the 'W'.
Gaither must have Cicero Prep Academy's number; he was a force to be reckoned with the last time he faced them too. Gaither threw for 238 yards and five touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes the last time he and the Centurions duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 28.67
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
