Northern 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 Tyson Wurzer Leads University Prep over Central Valley
University Prep was led to victory by Tyson Wurzer, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Wurzer rushed for 234 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 10.6 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: he has now rushed for 154 or more in the last three games he's played.
The win was the third in a row for University Prep, bringing their record for this year to 5-1. Wurzer will try to repeat (or improve) on that dominant effort when he faces off against Lassen on Friday.
Gamescore: 68.00
Dowan Stephens Has Career Rushing Day
Lassen was led to victory by Dowan Stephens, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Stephens rushed for 186 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 9.3 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 50 yards.
This season, Stephens has run in 14 touchdowns while averaging 129.5 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 14.5 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 53.20
Raby Came Up Big in Anderson's 35-8 Loss
While Anderson might've come up empty on Friday, Alias Raby wasn't going down without a fight. Lassen had no answer to Raby as he forced a fumble and made 12 total tackles.
For the year, Raby has averaged 9.3 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 36.00
Aj Johnson Makes Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Aj Johnson of Central Valley. Johnson's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 108 rushing yards.
Central Valley is on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-5. It'll be Battle of the Birds when Falcons challenges West Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 31.73
Other Notable Players
- Trevan Crane: 114 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 29.15)
- Dathen Moore: 161 yards rushing (Gamescore: 28.78)
- Daimon Pierce: 2 interception and 9 total tackles (Gamescore: 24.80)
- Drason Recio: 12 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 19.15)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
