4A South Metro 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!
Jamison Seese Delivers Best Effort of Season
Heritage was led to victory by Jamison Seese, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Seese threw for 212 yards and seven touchdowns on only 18 passes, and also rushed for 38 yards and a touchdown. Heritage is 3-1 when Seese posts three or more passing touchdowns, but 1-3 otherwise.
The win got Heritage back to even at 4-4. It'll be Battle of the Birds when Eagles challenges Highlands Ranch at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 59.33
Tanner Terch Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Heritage was led to victory by Tanner Terch, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Terch picked up 135 receiving yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 72 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest reception was for an incredible 70 yards.
For the season, Terch has caught 10 touchdowns while averaging 93.4 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he had four receiving touchdowns.
Gamescore: 49.12
De'alcapon Veazy Dazzles in Ponderosa Victory
Ponderosa found a leader in De'Alcapon Veazy as the squad took down Golden on Friday. Golden had no answer to Veazy as he rushed for 169 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries.
Ponderosa pushed their record up to 5-3 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. Veazy and Ponderosa will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Bear Creek at 4:00 p.m.
Gamescore: 46.13
Landon Kalsbeck and Co. Win Seventh in a Row
Landon Kalsbeck's big game helped extend Dakota Ridge's winning streak to seven on Thursday. Kalsbeck was unstoppable, rushing for 61 yards and a touchdown on only six carries, while also picking up 46 receiving yards. He didn't just play on offense: he also picked up 0.5 sacks and made six total tackles.
Dakota Ridge's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-1. Kalsbeck will try to repeat (or improve) on that dominant effort when he faces off against Golden on Friday.
Gamescore: 30.32
Brooks Hamlett Rounds Out Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Brooks Hamlett of Highlands Ranch. Hamlett picked up 19 receiving yards and a touchdown.
This is the second loss in a row for Highlands Ranch and nudges their season record down to 5-3. It'll be Battle of the Birds when Falcons takes on Heritage at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 24.48
Other Notable Players
- Luke Bakken: 122 yards rushing; 22 yards receiving (Gamescore: 22.63)
- Kellen Behrendsen: 184 yards passing; 28 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 22.37)
- Kamari May: 116 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 18.52)
- Brady Palladino: 2 sacks and 5 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 18.00)
- Sam Callas: 69 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 16.20)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
