Tri-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!
A Season-Best Effort from Caleb Solis Leads Clovis East over Central
Caleb Solis produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Clovis East to the win on Thursday. Solis wasn't messing around, picking up 3.5 sacks, forcing a fumble, and making seven total tackles (4.0 for loss). The matchup was his third straight with seven or more total tackles dating back to last season.
The victory for Clovis East keeps them at an undefeated 7-0. Solis and Clovis East are taking a road trip to square off against Clovis at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 33.50
While Central might've come up empty on Thursday, Brandon Smith wasn't going down without a fight. Nobody could stop Smith as he rushed for 101 yards and two touchdowns. Central is undefeated when Smith posts 80 or more rushing yards, but 1-2 otherwise.
This year, Smith has averaged 25 receiving yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 42.71 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 97.71 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 32.48
Lindsey Graves' Big Game Leads Clovis East over Central
Lindsey Graves's big game helped extend Clovis East's winning streak to seven on Thursday. Nobody could stop Graves as he rushed for 129 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.2 yards per carry.
Unfortunately for Central, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Graves. When Graves last faced the Grizzlies back in October of 2023, he rushed for 61 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 59 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Gamescore: 30.60
Ross Cinfel was a major factor in Clovis North's victory over Clovis on Friday. Clovis had no answer to Cinfel as he picked up 2.5 sacks and made ten total tackles (4.0 for loss).
For the season, Cinfel has averaged 7.3 total tackles per game and for the season has 5 sacks. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 3.71 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 30.00
Mckay Madsen Makes It Two for Clovis North
Another Clovis North player making an appearance on this list is Mckay Madsen. He rushed for 44 yards and a touchdown.
This season, Madsen has run in 10 touchdowns while averaging 99.4 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 27.90
Other Notable Players
- Aidan Chavez: 1 sack and 19 total tackles (1.5 for loss) (Gamescore: 26.50)
- Maddox Merrill: 115 yards rushing, 1 TD ; 23 yards receiving (Gamescore: 23.40)
- Tytus Dimmer: 1 sack and 6 total tackles (4.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 22.88)
- Joshua Wilson: 12 total tackles (2.0 for loss) and 1 forced fumble (Gamescore: 22.25)
- Jelani Dippel: 207 yards passing; 76 yards rushing (Gamescore: 20.80)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
