3A West Metro 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 Josh Bittner Leads Evergreen over Summit
Josh Bittner produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Evergreen to the win on Thursday. Bittner rushed for 92 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries, and also threw for 92 yards and a touchdown on only eight passes. The performance marked the most rushing yards he has had since back in October of 2023. Evergreen is undefeated when Bittner posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise.
If history really does repeat itself, Bittner might just drop another big game when he faces off against Skyview on Thursday. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Bittner saw the Wolverines), he rushed for 155 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries.
Gamescore: 44.08
Mccune Came Up Big in Wheat Ridge's 49-17 Loss
Wheat Ridge was sadly handed a loss on Friday, but Isaac Mccune did his best to prevent it. Green Mountain had no answer to Mccune as he rushed for 116 yards and a touchdown on only six carries, and also threw for 290 yards and a touchdown while completing 71.4% of his passes. Mccune's longest rush was for an incredible 78 yards.
This season, Mccune has thrown 14 touchdowns while averaging 191.3 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 38.63
Jackson Post Makes It Two for Evergreen
Another Evergreen player making an appearance on this list is Jackson Post. He picked up 74 receiving yards and a touchdown. He torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 74 yards.
For the season, Post has caught 3 touchdowns while averaging 16.8 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 38.48
Simon Lunsford Turns in Season-Best Effort
Green Mountain was led to victory by Simon Lunsford, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Lunsford threw for 279 yards and four touchdowns while completing 92.9% of his passes.
The win got Green Mountain back to even at 3-3. Lunsford and Green Mountain have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome Summit at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 37.20
James Mauro's Rushing Yards a New Career-High
On Thursday, Evergreen got the W thanks in part to James Mauro playing the best football he has all season. Mauro rushed for 70 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
On the season, Mauro has run in those 2 touchdowns while averaging 28.5 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he was only averaging 0.67 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 35.05
Other Notable Players
- Demarco Villalovas: 151 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 33.30)
- Bennett Wilkes: 150 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 32.50)
- Carson Payer: 54 yards rushing, 2 TDs ; 35 yards receiving (Gamescore: 30.55)
- Carston Wolanske: 160 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.60)
- Solomon Washer: 113 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 25.30)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
