1A Smoky Mountain 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!
Michel Gayosso Drops League-Best Effort on Friday
Starting off the list is Cherokee's Michel Gayosso, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Gayosso picked up 37 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Cherokee dropped their record down to 3-3 with the loss, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. Gayosso and Cherokee will square off against Andrews at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 26.95
Luke Smith Delivers Best Performance of Season
Cherokee came up short on Friday despite Luke Smith delivering his best game to date. Smith picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made seven total tackles.
This year, Smith has averaged 6.7 total tackles per game and for the season has 2 sacks. It gets even more impressive: after six games last season, he was only averaging 22.33 receiving yards per game. This year he is averaging 43.17 receiving yards.
Gamescore: 22.15
Drew Scaggs Crosses Big Stat Threshold
While Swain County might've come up empty on Friday, Drew Scaggs wasn't going down without a fight. Scaggs was excellent, picking up 1.5 sacks and making nine total tackles (2.5 for loss). Thanks to that strong showing, he's now averaging 5.6 total tackles per game.
Swain County is on a six-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-5. Scaggs and Swain County will welcome Hayesville at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 20.00
Jerry Cable Makes Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Jerry Cable of Andrews. Cable wasn't messing around on Friday, making 15 total tackles. The matchup was his sixth straight with five or more total tackles dating back to last season.
For the year, Cable has averaged 10.2 total tackles per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 1.6 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 17.00
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