Southwest Yosemite - River 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!
Jalen Murphy Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Liberty was led to victory by Jalen Murphy, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Murphy rushed for 252 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.5 yards per carry. The performance once again pushed his average rushing yardage north of 100 yards per game (118.1). Those 252 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
For the year, Murphy has run in 7 touchdowns while averaging 118.1 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 18.86 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 42.98
Froehlich Came Up Big in Garces Memorial's 19-14 Defeat
Garces Memorial had to settle for second on Friday, but Jack Froehlich sure wasn't going down easily. Despite the loss, Froehlich was still balling out as he picked up 1.5 sacks, forced a fumble, and made 12 total tackles (5.0 for loss).
Garces Memorial is on an eight-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-7. Froehlich and Garces Memorial will head out on the road to take on Frontier at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 35.75
A Season-Best Effort from Isaiah Lefotu Leads Garces Memorial over Stockdale
Sadly, Isaiah Lefotu posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Garces Memorial over Stockdale on Friday. Lefotu picked up 2.5 sacks, forced two fumbles, and made eight total tackles (5.0 for loss).
For the year, Lefotu has averaged 2.9 total tackles per game and for the season has those 2.5 sacks.
Gamescore: 34.75
While Logan Slaton delivered a dominant performance on Thursday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Frontier. Liberty had no answer to Slaton as he rushed for 19 yards.
Frontier now has a losing record at 3-4. Slaton and Frontier will be playing in front of their home fans against Garces Memorial at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 33.60
Nate Young's Big Game Leads Stockdale over Garces Memorial
Nate Young helped snap Stockdale's five-game losing streak. Young was unstoppable on Friday, picking up two sacks and making six total tackles (3.0 for loss).
This season, Young has averaged 6.7 total tackles per game and for the season has 3 sacks.
Gamescore: 29.83
Other Notable Players
- Nate Espericueta: 2 sacks and 7 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 21.00)
- Landon "LJ" Riley: 1 sack and 7 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.75)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
