6A Region I District 7 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!
Blake Bates Delivers Best Performance of Season
Blake Bates produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Pearce to the win on Friday. Bates rushed for 70 yards and two touchdowns, and also picked up 80 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Pearce's win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-2. Bates and Pearce will take on Richardson at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 39.53
Casagrande Posts Huge Game in 63-27 Win
Keeping Bates company is Andrew Casagrande, a fellow Pearce player. He rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns. He is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
For the season, Casagrande has run in 8 touchdowns while averaging 96.8 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 33.60
Presley Harper Makes It Three for Pearce
Another Pearce player making an appearance on this list is Presley Harper. He threw for 224 yards and three touchdowns while completing 84.2% of his passes.
Unfortunately for Irving, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Harper. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Harper saw the Tigers), he threw for 390 yards and six touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes.
Gamescore: 28.03
Big Game from Peters As Dallas Jesuit Fell 38-10
While Charlie Peters delivered a dominant performance on Thursday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Dallas Jesuit. Lake Highlands had no answer to Peters as he threw for 221 yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 55 yards.
This season, Peters has thrown 13 touchdowns while averaging 192.2 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 12.83 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 42.83 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 20.13
Other Notable Players
- Ke'Sean Price: 2 sacks and 6 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 19.50)
- Rolando King: 1 sack, 1 interception (1TD), and 5 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 19.50)
- Jett Hamby: 69 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 19.23)
- Nate Kinder: 1 interception and 9 total tackles (Gamescore: 17.00)
- Henry Bourret: 63 yards receiving, 1 TD ; 27 yards rushing (Gamescore: 15.87)
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