5A District 3 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!
Cibastian Broughton Turns in Season-Best Effort
Fleming Island came up short on Friday despite Cibastian Broughton delivering his best game to date. Broughton threw for 359 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 12.8 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 90 yards on only ten carries. The performance marked the most rushing yards he has had since back in October of 2023. He has become a key player for Fleming Island: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least three passing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise.
Unfortunately for Creekside, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Broughton. Broughton threw for 221 yards and five touchdowns the last time he and the Knights duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 60.13
Sebastian Cruz Makes It Two for Fleming Island
Another Fleming Island player making an appearance on this list is Sebastian Cruz. He punched in a rushing score.
On the year, Cruz has run in 3 touchdowns while averaging 8.3 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 43.15
Another Game with at Least 110 Receiving Yards from Trace Burney
Fleming Island came up short on Friday despite Trace Burney delivering his best game to date. Burney's receiving production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 110 receiving yards dating back to last season. He showed off some serious burst, cutting upfield on a catch for 63 yards.
On the season, Burney has caught 9 touchdowns while averaging 99.2 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he was only averaging 17.33 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 37.95
A Season-Best Effort from Dylon Ruiz Leads Orange Park over Westside
On Friday, Orange Park got the W thanks in part to Dylon Ruiz playing the best football he has all season. Ruiz rushed for 136 yards and three touchdowns.
The win snapped Orange Park's winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 2-5 record. Ruiz and Orange Park will have some time to savor their victory since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Ponte Vedra at 7:00 p.m. on October 18th.
Gamescore: 33.90
Brian Case Makes Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Brian Case of Ponte Vedra. Case rushed for 176 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.0 yards per carry.
Ponte Vedra pushed their record up to 4-2 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. Case and Ponte Vedra will face off against Middleburg at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 31.20
Other Notable Players
- Aj Whitt: 1 interception, 9 total tackles (1.0 for loss), and 1 forced fumble (Gamescore: 21.50)
- Jm Pawlick: 7 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.00)
- Eric Gentry: (Gamescore: 15.27)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
