3A District 1 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!
Jamarcuz Fountain Delivers Best Performance of Season
Sadly, Jamarcuz Fountain posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Pensacola over Escambia on Friday. Fountain rushed for 207 yards on only 15 carries, and also threw for 102 yards and a touchdown. His longest rush was for an impressive 62 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Pensacola's defeat was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 3-4. Fountain and Pensacola will host St. Michael Catholic at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 45.80
Damien Rivers Turns in Another Game with at Least Six Total Tackles
On Friday, Pensacola had to settle for second even though Damien Rivers put up the best numbers he has all season. Rivers wasn't messing around, picking up two sacks and making 13 total tackles (4.0 for loss). The game was his seventh straight with six or more total tackles dating back to last season.
For the year, Rivers has averaged 10.7 total tackles per game and for the season has 3 sacks.
Gamescore: 30.25
Winning always takes teamwork, but on Thursday Jon Devos stepped things up a notch to give Bay the 'W'. West Florida had no answer to Devos as he rushed for 34 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 113 yards and a touchdown on only ten passes.
For the year, Devos has thrown 2 touchdowns while averaging 49.5 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 22.73
Omari Johnson Makes It Two for Bay
Another Bay player making an appearance on this list is Omari Johnson. He picked up 61 receiving yards.
On the season, Johnson has averaged 83.2 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 17.60
A Season-Best Effort from Javar Bowden Leads Bay over West Florida
Bay was led to victory by Javar Bowden, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Bowden picked up 108 receiving yards and a touchdown. He showed off some serious burst, lighting up the secondary with a catch for 50 yards.
For the season, Bowden has caught 3 touchdowns while averaging 56 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after five games last season, he was only averaging 23 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 17.13
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