AAAAA Region 4 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!
Julian Shanks Delivers Best Performance of Season
Arabia Mountain came up short on Friday despite Julian Shanks delivering his best game to date. Shanks rushed for 71 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries, and also threw for 349 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.6 yards per attempt.
Arabia Mountain is on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-7. Shanks and Arabia Mountain will challenge Tri-Cities at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 49.87
Marlin Mathis Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Shiloh was led to victory by Marlin Mathis, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Mathis rushed for 208 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.3 yards per carry. He's now once again averaging 100+ rushing yards (111.3) per game. Those 208 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
For the year, Mathis has run in 7 touchdowns while averaging 111.3 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had one rushing touchdown.
Gamescore: 43.60
A Season-Best Effort from Ricky Simmons Leads Shiloh over Arabia Mountain
Ricky Simmons produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Shiloh to the win on Friday. Simmons threw for 137 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 passes, and also rushed for 62 yards.
For the year, Simmons has thrown 10 touchdowns while averaging 132.6 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 31.83
Landon Dean Turns in Season-Best Effort
Shiloh was led to victory by Landon Dean, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Dean picked up 79 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
For the year, Dean has caught 7 touchdowns while averaging 59.1 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 24.95
Jayce Paul Makes It Two for Arabia Mountain
The second Arabia Mountain player making an appearance here is Jayce Paul, and for good reason. He wasn't messing around on Friday, making seven total tackles (5.0 for loss). The match was his third straight with six or more total tackles dating back to last season.
For the season, Paul has averaged 5.5 total tackles per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he was only averaging 0.17 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 20.50
Other Notable Players
- Makhi Williams-Lee: 1 sack and 7 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.00)
- X?vien Brinson: 106 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 16.93)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
