East Valley 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!
A Season-Best Performance from Aiden Mejia Leads Verdugo Hills over Grant
On Friday, Verdugo Hills got the W thanks in part to Aiden Mejia playing the best football he has all season. Mejia rushed for 209 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries, and also picked up 49 receiving yards.
This year, Mejia has averaged 37.1 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 56.87
North Hollywood Wins Eighth-Straight Thanks to Daylan Garcia
Daylan Garcia was instrumental in extending North Hollywood's winning streak to eight on Friday. Garcia turned in nothing short of a gem, rushing for 153 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.0 yards per carry.
North Hollywood's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-0. Garcia will have a chance to log another big game when he takes on Monroe on Friday.
Gamescore: 40.30
Nate Arlauskas Has Career-Day on Friday
North Hollywood picked up their eighth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Nate Arlauskas. Arlauskas rushed for 101 yards on only eight carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 63 yards.
For the year, Arlauskas has averaged 24 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 17.38 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 37 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 31.30
While Grant might've come up empty on Friday, Samuel Villagrana wasn't going down without a fight. Despite the defeat, Villagrana was still balling out as he picked up 98 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 42 yards.
On the season, Villagrana has caught 5 touchdowns while averaging 43.2 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 19.38 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.73
Franklin Wilgus Makes It Two for Verdugo Hills
Another Verdugo Hills player making an appearance on this list is Franklin Wilgus. He wasn't messing around on Friday, picking up two sacks and making six total tackles (4.0 for loss). The match was his fifth straight with five or more total tackles.
On the season, Wilgus has averaged 5.5 total tackles per game and for the season has 9.5 sacks.
Gamescore: 24.25
Other Notable Players
- Carson Rinka: 154 yards passing; 23 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 23.57)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
