3A Central 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!
Dan Mahan Delivers Best Effort of Season
Dan Mahan produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Williams to the win on Friday. Mahan threw for 236 yards and five touchdowns while completing 91.7% of his passes, and also rushed for 147 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries.
If history really does repeat itself, Mahan might just drop another big game when he faces off against Cedar Ridge on Thursday. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Mahan saw the Fighting Red Wolves), he threw for 152 yards and four touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes, and also punched in a rushing score.
Gamescore: 70.52
A Season-Best Effort from Tyrek Samuel Leads Eastern Alamance over Cedar Ridge
Tyrek Samuel produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Eastern Alamance to the win on Friday. Samuel rushed for 134 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 66 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Cedar Ridge's probably not too fond of Samuel given he always seems to get the better of them. When Samuel last faced the Fighting Red Wolves back in October of 2023, he rushed for 70 yards and three touchdowns, and also picked up 83 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Gamescore: 41.20
Jayden Russo Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Eastern Alamance was led to victory by Jayden Russo, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Russo rushed for 117 yards and three touchdowns, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 63 yards.
This season, Russo has run in 5 touchdowns while averaging 36.7 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had one rushing touchdown.
Gamescore: 39.80
Leontae Turner Turns in Another Game with at Least One Interceptions
Leontae Turner produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Williams to the win on Friday. Turner wasn't messing around, picking up a sack, forcing two fumbles, and making nine total tackles in addition to snagging an interception. The game was his third straight with one or more interceptions dating back to last season.
For the season, Turner has averaged 6.9 total tackles per game and for the season has 5 interceptions.
Gamescore: 31.00
Orange Gets a Boost from Brown in 39-22 Loss
Rounding off our Top Five is Deandre Brown of Orange. Brown made 18 total tackles.
This season, Brown has averaged 13.4 total tackles per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 7.88 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 25.60
Other Notable Players
- James Newton: 39 yards receiving; 76 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 24.00)
- Andrews Cruz: 78 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 23.38)
- Kristopher Rogers: 100 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 21.38)
- Jarrett Newell: 1 interception (1TD) and 5 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 21.00)
- William Overby: 77 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 20.20)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
