5A Region 6 Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances from Thursday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Lote Sotele Dazzles in West Victory
Starting off the list is West's Lote Sotele, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Sotele rushed for 203 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.5 yards per carry, and also picked up 60 receiving yards and a touchdown. Sotele is crushing it when it comes to rushing yards: he's rushed for at least 154 every time he's taken the field this season.
The victory was the third in a row for West, bringing their record for this year to 5-4. Sotele and West will face off against Brighton at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Gamescore: 61.42
Tucker Brown Delivers Best Effort of Season
Tucker Brown produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Alta to the win on Thursday. Brown threw for 325 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 13.0 yards per attempt, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground, good enough to also set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
This year, Brown has thrown 21 touchdowns while averaging 249.7 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 48.57
Kamden Lopati Makes It Two for West
Another West player making an appearance on this list is Kamden Lopati. He threw for 318 yards and two touchdowns while completing 72% of his passes, and also rushed for 60 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. His passing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 318 passing yards dating back to last season.
This year, Lopati has thrown 25 touchdowns (and and only 4 picks) while averaging 335 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after nine games last season, he was only averaging 5.44 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 70.33 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 44.30
Alex Degroot Turns in Season-Best Performance
On Thursday, Brighton got the W thanks in part to Alex Degroot playing the best football he has all season. Degroot threw for 290 yards and four touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes.
Brighton's victory was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-1. Degroot and Brighton have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome West at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Gamescore: 35.13
A Season-Best Effort from Kisi Fonua Leads West over East
West was led to victory by Kisi Fonua, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Fonua picked up three sacks and made eight total tackles (5.0 for loss).
This season, Fonua has averaged 3 total tackles per game and for the season has 5 sacks.
Gamescore: 32.50
Other Notable Players
- Matt Mckea: 158 yards receiving, 1 TD ; 1 TD rushing (Gamescore: 29.67)
- Lava Vailahi: 14 total tackles (Gamescore: 29.50)
- Cash Gay: 139 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 26.40)
- Takeshi Savery: 2 sacks and 8 total tackles (4.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 25.75)
- Louie Hamilton: 95 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 23.08)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
