3A-2 Region IV District 15 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!
Israel Soto's Big Game Leads Karnes City over Young Men's Leadership Academy
Starting off the list is Karnes City's Israel Soto, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Soto rushed for 147 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. Those 147 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
For the season, Soto has averaged 18.8 receiving yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after six games last season, he was only averaging 20.5 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 67.83 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 52.57
Poth Wins Sixth-Straight Thanks to Colin Ramzinski
Colin Ramzinski's big game helped extend Poth's winning streak to six on Friday. Ramzinski did his part (and then some), making seven total tackles (1.0 for loss) for the 'W'.
Poth pushed their record up to 6-0 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season. Ramzinski will try to repeat (or improve) on that dominant effort when he faces off against Stockdale on Friday.
Gamescore: 39.38
Raishaun Conaway Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Young Men's Leadership Academy came up short on Friday despite Raishaun Conaway delivering his best game to date. Conaway rushed for 169 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.0 yards per carry. The performance once again pushed his average rushing yardage north of 100 yards per game (103.7). He was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 51 yards.
Young Men's Leadership Academy is on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-5. Conaway and Young Men's Leadership Academy will be playing in front of their home fans against Nixon-Smiley at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 37.68
Garet Gonzales Delivers Best Effort of Season
Nixon-Smiley was led to victory by Garet Gonzales, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Gonzales rushed for 98 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries, and also picked up 32 receiving yards and a touchdown. He is becoming a predictor of Nixon-Smiley's success: when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns the team is 2-1 (and 0-3 when he doesn't).
This season, Gonzales has run in 4 touchdowns while averaging 71.7 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 36.88
Big Game from Nixon-Thompson As Karnes City Won 48-15
The second Karnes City player making an appearance here is Savion Nixon-Thompson, and for good reason. He rushed for 52 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 90 yards and a touchdown.
On the season, Nixon-Thompson has thrown 7 touchdowns while averaging 110.3 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 28.75
Other Notable Players
- Major Luna: 193 yards passing; 22 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 23.97)
- Nate Kopecki: 1 interception and 11 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 21.85)
- Jaylun Rodriguez: 0.5 sacks and 11 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 20.25)
- Trenton Gordon: 105 yards rushing (Gamescore: 19.60)
- Tobyn Noll: 17 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 18.55)
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