A Region 5 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!
Karmello Jones Turns in Season-Best Effort
On Friday, Cross got the W thanks in part to Karmello Jones playing the best football he has all season. Jones rushed for 289 yards and seven touchdowns while picking up 11.6 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an incredible 87 yards.
The win was the fourth in a row for Cross, bringing their record for this year to 6-2. Jones and Cross will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Bethune-Bowman at 7:30 p.m. on October 25th.
Gamescore: 101.30
Bethune-Bowman's Losing Streak Is No More Thanks to Jaedon Bell
Thanks in part to Jaedon Bell, Bethune-Bowman said goodbye to their 13-game losing streak dating back to last season. Nobody could stop Bell on Friday as he threw for 172 yards and four touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes.
Bethune-Bowman's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-7. Bell and Bethune-Bowman will square off against Scott's Branch at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 33.77
Jailyn Broughton Makes It Two for Cross
The second Cross player making an appearance here is Jailyn Broughton, and for good reason. He picked up two sacks and made ten total tackles.
On the season, Broughton has averaged 6.6 total tackles per game and for the season has 5 sacks.
Gamescore: 24.75
Preston Fuller Delivers Best Performance of Season
On Friday, Cross got the W thanks in part to Preston Fuller playing the best football he has all season. Fuller picked up a sack, made five total tackles (2.0 for loss), and defended two passes.
This year, Fuller has averaged 3.4 total tackles per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging eight receiving yards per game. This year he is averaging 24.63 receiving yards.
Gamescore: 24.58
Bethune-Bowman's Losing Streak Is No More Thanks to Maurice Dawson
Thanks in part to Maurice Dawson, Bethune-Bowman said goodbye to their 13-game losing streak dating back to last season. Nobody could stop Dawson on Friday as he picked up 44 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
On the year, Dawson has caught those 2 touchdowns while averaging 21.3 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he was only averaging 1.67 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 16.82
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
