East Valley 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!
A Season-Best Performance from Aiden Mejia Leads Verdugo Hills over Grant
On Friday, Verdugo Hills got the W thanks in part to Aiden Mejia playing the best football he has all season. Mejia rushed for 209 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries, and also picked up 49 receiving yards.
For the year, Mejia has averaged 37.1 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 56.87
North Hollywood Wins Eighth-Straight Thanks to Daylan Garcia
North Hollywood picked up their eighth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Daylan Garcia. Fulton had no answer to Garcia as he rushed for 153 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.0 yards per carry.
North Hollywood's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-0. Garcia and North Hollywood will take on Monroe at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 40.30
Nate Arlauskas Has Career Rushing Day
Nate Arlauskas was instrumental in extending North Hollywood's winning streak to eight on Friday. Arlauskas rushed for 101 yards on only eight carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 63 yards.
This season, Arlauskas has averaged 24 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 17.38 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 37 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 31.30
Grant had to settle for second on Friday, but Samuel Villagrana sure wasn't going down easily. Despite the defeat, Villagrana was still balling out as he picked up 98 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 42 yards.
For the season, Villagrana has caught 5 touchdowns while averaging 43.2 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 19.38 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.73
Franklin Wilgus Makes It Two for Verdugo Hills
The second Verdugo Hills player making an appearance here is Franklin Wilgus, and for good reason. He wasn't messing around on Friday, picking up two sacks and making six total tackles (4.0 for loss). The game was his fifth straight with five or more total tackles.
On the year, Wilgus has averaged 5.5 total tackles per game and for the season has 9.5 sacks.
Gamescore: 24.25
Other Notable Players
- Carson Rinka: 154 yards passing; 23 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 23.57)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
