5A-2 Region IV District 16 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 Performance from Robert Sanchez Leads Mercedes over Pace
Mercedes was led to victory by Robert Sanchez, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Sanchez rushed for 222 yards and four touchdowns on only 15 carries. The performance marked the most rushing yards he has had since back in September. He showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 62 yards.
Sanchez is probably looking forward to his next game, a home matchup against Sharyland on Friday. Sanchez rushed for 142 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.9 yards per carry, and also caught a touchdown the last time he and the Rattlers duked it out back in September.
Gamescore: 62.40
Elijah Trevino Has Career Rushing Day
On Thursday, Edcouch-Elsa got the W thanks in part to Elijah Trevino playing the best football he has all season. Trevino rushed for 159 yards while picking up 7.6 yards per carry, and also threw for 168 yards and two touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
The victory was the fifth in a row for Edcouch-Elsa, bringing their record for this year to 8-2. Trevino and Edcouch-Elsa will face off against Mission Veterans Memorial at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 43.20
On Friday, Mercedes got the W thanks in part to Noah Buenrostro playing the best football he has all season. Buenrostro forced a fumble, made 15 total tackles (3.0 for loss), and defended a pass, good enough to also set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
This year, Buenrostro has averaged 10 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 38.10
Aaron Cortez Turns in Season-Best Performance
Aaron Cortez produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Mercedes to the win on Friday. Cortez threw for 192 yards and a touchdown on perfect 8-for-8 passing, and also picked up 35 receiving yards and a touchdown.
For the year, Cortez has thrown 7 touchdowns while averaging 108.5 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 36.38
Carlos Cantu Makes Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Carlos Cantu of Lopez. Cantu forced a fumble and made 17 total tackles.
Lopez's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-3. Cantu and Lopez will challenge Pioneer at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 27.25
Other Notable Players
- Anthony Velasquez: 13 total tackles (5.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 25.00)
- Juan Hernandez: 21 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 24.27)
- Eddie Slovak: 152 yards rushing; 21 yards receiving (Gamescore: 21.15)
- Gabriel Rios: 88 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 21.13)
- David Melendez: 67 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 19.20)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
