6A Region 1 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!
Tradon Bessinger Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Starting off the list is Davis's Tradon Bessinger, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Bessinger threw for 405 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 13.1 yards per attempt. The performance once again pushed his average passing yardage north of 300 yards per game (307.5). The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Davis pushed their record up to 6-2 with the win, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. Bessinger and Davis will take on Farmington at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 43.30
Travis Hoopes Turns in Season-Best Performance
Farmington was led to victory by Travis Hoopes, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Hoopes rushed for 185 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 47 receiving yards and a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
Farmington's win ended a four-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-5. Hoopes and Farmington will challenge Davis at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 43.08
Manase Tuatagaloa Delivers Electric Effort Vs Syracuse
Manase Tuatagaloa's big game helped extend Fremont's winning streak to six on Friday. Nobody could stop Tuatagaloa as he threw for 282 yards and three touchdowns while completing 74.2% of his passes, and also rushed for 39 yards and a touchdown.
Fremont's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-2. Tuatagaloa and Fremont will stay at home for another week and welcome Weber at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 40.90
Love Came Up Big in Farmington's 41-28 Win
Another Farmington player making an appearance on this list is Drew Love. He rushed for 128 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries.
This year, Love has run in those 2 touchdowns while averaging 47.7 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 35.47
Bode Sparrow Delivers Best Performance of Season
On Friday, Davis got the W thanks in part to Bode Sparrow playing the best football he has all season. Sparrow picked up 146 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 22 yards and a touchdown.
For the year, Sparrow has caught 11 touchdowns while averaging 77.6 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he had six receiving touchdowns.
Gamescore: 34.97
Other Notable Players
- Jaxton Itaaehau: 121 yards receiving, 3 TDs (Gamescore: 30.20)
- Hoyt Pula: 1 sack and 10 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 24.00)
- Slade Parker: 115 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 23.80)
- Madden Nelson: 8 total tackles (1.0 for loss) and 1 forced fumble (Gamescore: 20.25)
- Jefferson Hunt: 1 sack and 11 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 20.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
