Chicago Public - White North Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances across Friday and Saturday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Ronald Brooks Jr Earns League's Top Spot
Starting off the list is Urban Prep-Bronzeville/Urban Prep-Englewood's Ronald Brooks Jr, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Brooks Jr rushed for 152 yards.
Urban Prep-Bronzeville/Urban Prep-Englewood dropped their record down to 2-6 with the defeat, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season. Brooks Jr will try to repeat (or improve) on that dominant effort when he faces off against Curie on Thursday.
Gamescore: 23.37
Kaleb Hayden Turns in Season-Best Effort
Urban Prep-Bronzeville/Urban Prep-Englewood came up short on Saturday despite Kaleb Hayden delivering his best game to date. Hayden wasn't messing around, picking up a sack and making eight total tackles (3.0 for loss). The match was his third straight with eight or more total tackles.
On the year, Hayden has averaged 6.4 total tackles per game and for the season has 2 sacks. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 1.38 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 19.00
Raymond Gardner Makes It Three for Urban Prep-Bronzeville/Urban Prep-Englewood
Another Urban Prep-Bronzeville/Urban Prep-Englewood player making an appearance on this list is Raymond Gardner. He rushed for 55 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 41 receiving yards.
On the season, Gardner has run in 2 touchdowns while averaging 87.7 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had one rushing touchdown.
Gamescore: 18.32
Caleb Bea Turns in Another Game with at Least Five Total Tackles
Caleb Bea continued his hot streak on Friday by dropping his third-straight game with at least five total tackles. He picked up two sacks and made six total tackles.
With the defeat, North Lawndale broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 6-2. Bea and North Lawndale will stay at home for another week and welcome Senn at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 17.00
Chicago Sullivan Wins Eighth-Straight Thanks to Mulay Mueller
Mulay Mueller's big game helped extend Chicago Sullivan's winning streak to eight on Friday. North Lawndale had no answer to Mueller as he rushed for 16 yards.
Chicago Sullivan pushed their record up to 8-0 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season. Mueller and Chicago Sullivan will be playing at home against Mather at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 13.00
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