7A District 7 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!
Tony Marshall Delivers Electric Effort Vs Riverview Sarasota
Plant City picked up their sixth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Tony Marshall. Riverview Sarasota had no answer to Marshall as he rushed for 156 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.8 yards per carry. Marshall has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last four times he's played.
Plant City pushed their record up to 9-2 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. They and West Orange are set to duel on Friday.
Gamescore: 42.80
Denson Came Up Big in Plant City's 47-28 Victory
Chris Denson was instrumental in extending Plant City's winning streak to six on Friday. Riverview Sarasota had no answer to Denson as he rushed for 106 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries, and also threw for 246 yards and a touchdown.
This season, Denson has thrown 26 touchdowns (and and only 2 picks) while averaging 193.8 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after 11 games last season, he had three rushing touchdowns. This year he is already up to 11.
Gamescore: 38.10
Gianni Flore Turns in Season-Best Performance
On Friday, Newsome got the W thanks in part to Gianni Flore playing the best football he has all season. Flore rushed for 166 yards and two touchdowns, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
Newsome is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. Flore will have a chance to log another big game when he takes on Venice on Friday.
Gamescore: 34.80
Plant City Wins Sixth-Straight Thanks to Tylor Morton
Tylor Morton was instrumental in extending Plant City's winning streak to six on Friday. Morton rushed for 93 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
Gamescore: 25.40
Robinson Made His Presence Known in Sumner's 34-27 Defeat
Rounding off our Top Five is Taesean Robinson of Sumner. Robinson picked up 118 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He is becoming a predictor of Sumner's success: when he posts at least two receiving touchdowns the team is 4-2 (and 2-3 when he doesn't).
On the year, Robinson has caught 11 touchdowns while averaging 91.8 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after 11 games last season, he was only averaging 5.82 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 24.13
Other Notable Players
- Noah Guenther: 64 yards passing; 44 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 20.87)
- Tj Knighten: 136 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 20.43)
- Antonio Balaguer: 255 yards passing (Gamescore: 20.20)
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