3A District 1 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 Jamarcuz Fountain Leads Pensacola over Escambia
Sadly, Jamarcuz Fountain posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Pensacola over Escambia on Friday. Fountain rushed for 207 yards on only 15 carries, and also threw for 102 yards and a touchdown. His longest rush was for an impressive 62 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Pensacola dropped their record down to 3-4 with the defeat, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. Fountain and Pensacola will host St. Michael Catholic at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 45.80
Another Game with at Least Six Total Tackles from Damien Rivers
Pensacola came up short on Friday despite Damien Rivers delivering his best game to date. Rivers wasn't messing around, picking up two sacks and making 13 total tackles (4.0 for loss). The matchup was his seventh straight with six or more total tackles dating back to last season.
For the year, Rivers has averaged 10.7 total tackles per game and for the season has 3 sacks.
Gamescore: 30.25
Bay found a leader in Jon Devos as the team took down West Florida on Thursday. Nobody could stop Devos as he rushed for 34 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 113 yards and a touchdown on only ten passes.
This season, Devos has thrown 2 touchdowns while averaging 49.5 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 22.73
Omari Johnson Makes It Two for Bay
Keeping Devos company is Omari Johnson, a fellow Bay player. He picked up 61 receiving yards.
For the season, Johnson has averaged 83.2 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 17.60
Javar Bowden Delivers Best Performance of Season
On Thursday, Bay got the W thanks in part to Javar Bowden playing the best football he has all season. Bowden picked up 108 receiving yards and a touchdown. He was no stranger to the big play, cutting upfield on a catch that went for 50 yards.
On the season, Bowden has caught 3 touchdowns while averaging 56 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after five games last season, he was only averaging 23 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 17.13
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