Southwest Yosemite - River 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!
Jalen Murphy Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Jalen Murphy produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Liberty to the win on Thursday. Murphy rushed for 252 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.5 yards per carry. He's now once again averaging 100+ rushing yards (118.1) per game. Those 252 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
On the year, Murphy has run in 7 touchdowns while averaging 118.1 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 18.86 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 42.98
Jack Froehlich's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Garces Memorial over Stockdale
Garces Memorial had to settle for second on Friday, but Jack Froehlich sure wasn't going down easily. Froehlich was dynamite, picking up 1.5 sacks, forcing a fumble, and making 12 total tackles (5.0 for loss).
Garces Memorial is on an eight-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-7. Froehlich and Garces Memorial will head out on the road to take on Frontier at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 35.75
A Season-Best Effort from Isaiah Lefotu Leads Garces Memorial over Stockdale
On Friday, Garces Memorial had to settle for second even though Isaiah Lefotu put up the best numbers he has all season. Lefotu picked up 2.5 sacks, forced two fumbles, and made eight total tackles (5.0 for loss).
On the year, Lefotu has averaged 2.9 total tackles per game and for the season has those 2.5 sacks.
Gamescore: 34.75
While Logan Slaton delivered a dominant effort on Thursday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Frontier. Liberty had no answer to Slaton as he rushed for 19 yards.
Frontier now has a losing record at 3-4. Slaton and Frontier will challenge Garces Memorial at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 33.60
Other Notable Players
- Nate Espericueta: 2 sacks and 7 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 21.00)
- Landon "LJ" Riley: 1 sack and 7 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.75)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
