3A-1 Region III District 9 Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances across Friday and Saturday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Jaden Cole's Big Game Leads Teague over Diboll
Starting off the list is Teague's Jaden Cole, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Cole picked up a sack and made 11 total tackles. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in rushing yards (90).
For the season, Cole has averaged 10.4 total tackles per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he had four rushing touchdowns. This year he is already up to seven.
Gamescore: 50.28
Big Game from Shed As Fairfield Won 41-12
Jaylon Shed posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Saturday. He rushed for 169 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.3 yards per carry, and also caught a touchdown.
Fairfield's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-4. Shed and Fairfield will face off against Orangefield at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 37.08
Zak Leija Makes It Two for Teague
Another Teague player making an appearance on this list is Zak Leija. He rushed for 72 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 136 yards and a touchdown on only 12 passes.
For the year, Leija has thrown 10 touchdowns while averaging 120.4 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 36.57
A Season-Best Effort from Korey Silar Leads Teague over Diboll
On Friday, Teague got the W thanks in part to Korey Silar playing the best football he has all season. Silar picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made nine total tackles.
This year, Silar has averaged 9.7 total tackles per game and for the season has 2 sacks. It gets even more impressive: after ten games last season, he had two rushing touchdowns. This year he is already up to four.
Gamescore: 29.13
Fairfield Gets a Boost from Collins in 41-12 Victory
Another Fairfield player making an appearance on this list is Kohl Collins. He threw for 237 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.9% of his passes.
On the year, Collins has thrown 37 touchdowns (and and only 7 pick) while averaging 290.7 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.60
Other Notable Players
- Jamauri Gallien: 96 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 21.90)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
