4A-2 Region III District 10 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!
Jaylan Palmer Delivers Best Performance of Season
On Friday, Royal got the W thanks in part to Jaylan Palmer playing the best football he has all season. Palmer made eight total tackles.
Royal's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-3. Palmer and Royal will challenge Harmony School of Innovation at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 39.40
Lasker Posts Huge Game in 38-2 Victory
Keeping Palmer company is Noah Lasker, a fellow Royal player. He rushed for 131 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 32 receiving yards and a touchdown.
For the year, Lasker has caught 2 touchdowns while averaging 16 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he had one receiving touchdown.
Gamescore: 33.87
While Mudassir Abdullah delivered a dominant performance on Friday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Columbia. Abdullah was unstoppable, picking up 57 receiving yards, while also rushing for 36 yards.
With the loss, Columbia broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 5-3. Abdullah and Columbia will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on La Marque at 7:00 p.m. on November 1st.
Gamescore: 18.42
A Constellation of Stars for Royal
Another Royal player making an appearance on this list is Zaelyn Shelton. He wasn't messing around on Friday, making six total tackles and snagged an interception which he returned for a touchdown. The contest was his third straight with six or more total tackles.
This year, Shelton has averaged 5.3 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 16.50
Grant Thrasher Makes It Two for Columbia
Another Columbia player making an appearance on this list is Grant Thrasher. He made eight total tackles and defended a pass.
This year, Thrasher has averaged 8.1 total tackles per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 0.38 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 50.5 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 16.37
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