AAAA Region 5 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!
Horsham Posts Huge Game in 42-35 Defeat
Starting off the list is Tucker's Izayah Horsham, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Horsham rushed for 135 yards and two touchdowns.
With the loss, Tucker broke their five-game winning streak and moved their record to 5-2. Horsham and Tucker will square off against North Springs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 31.00
Drew Beane Puts an End to Northview's Losing Streak on Thursday
Drew Beane helped snap Northview's 16-game losing streak dating back to last season. Beane produced his best game of the campaign on Thursday: he threw for 130 yards and two touchdowns on only ten passes, and also rushed for 33 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Northview's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-6. Beane and Northview will challenge Druid Hills at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 27.47
A Season-Best Effort from Logan Kupfer Leads Northview over Clarkston
Northview's 16-game losing streak dating back to last season is now nothing but a memory thanks in part to Logan Kupfer. Kupfer produced his best game of the campaign on Thursday: he rushed for 132 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.8 yards per carry.
This season, Kupfer has run in those 1 touchdown while averaging 58 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 27.28
Big Game from German As Tucker Fell 42-35
Jace German posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 108 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 54 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
On the year, German has thrown 14 touchdowns (and and only 2 pick) while averaging 131.6 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 23.37
Thaddeous ?Champ? Tillman Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Sadly, Thaddeous ?Champ? Tillman posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Tucker over Southwest DeKalb on Friday. Tillman made 13 total tackles (3.0 for loss) and defended a pass. Thanks to that strong showing, he's now averaging 5.2 total tackles per game.
On the season, Tillman has averaged 5.2 total tackles per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after five games last season, he was only averaging 1.4 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 23.25
Other Notable Players
- Jarquis Williams: 1 interception and 10 total tackles (Gamescore: 21.30)
- Albert Gooding: 161 yards rushing (Gamescore: 21.28)
- Leshaun Hudgins: 1 interception and 6 total tackles (Gamescore: 17.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
