4A Region 9 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!
Dixie Gets a Boost from Sawyer in 48-35 Win
Starting off the list is Dixie's Ran Sawyer, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Sawyer rushed for 252 yards and five touchdowns.
Unfortunately for Pine View, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Sawyer. When Sawyer last faced the Panthers back in September, he rushed for 201 yards and two touchdowns.
Gamescore: 71.38
Desert Hills Wins Fifth-Straight Thanks to Tytan Mason
Desert Hills picked up their fifth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Tytan Mason. Mason was unstoppable, rushing for 170 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.9 yards per carry, and also catching a touchdown. Mason is crushing it when it comes to rushing touchdowns: he's punched in at least two every time he's taken the field this season.
This season, Mason has caught 4 touchdowns while averaging 23.3 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 52.87
Gerritt Grondel Delivers Best Performance of Season
Desert Hills was led to victory by Gerritt Grondel, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Grondel threw for 137 yards and three touchdowns while completing 88.2% of his passes, and also rushed for 74 yards and a touchdown on only five carries.
On the season, Grondel has thrown 15 touchdowns while averaging 169 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 41.23
Fiefia Came Up Big in Pine View's 48-35 Defeat
While Maka Fiefia delivered a dominant effort on Friday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Pine View. Fiefia turned in nothing short of a gem, rushing for 60 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries, while also throwing for five yards and a touchdown.
Dixie had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Fiefia it was a similar story. Fiefia rushed for 20 yards and four touchdowns the last time he and the Flyers duked it out back in September.
Gamescore: 35.80
Dax Wankier Goes Supernova in Cedar Loss
Rounding off our Top Five is Dax Wankier of Cedar. Wankier picked up two sacks and made 12 total tackles (3.0 for loss). He has been hot recently, having posted six or more total tackles the last four times he's played.
On the year, Wankier has averaged 8.1 total tackles per game and for the season has 4 sacks.
Gamescore: 28.25
Other Notable Players
- Levi Shaw: 310 yards passing (Gamescore: 23.17)
- Kwade Sorensen: 158 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 22.97)
- Tano Anzalone: 1 interception (1TD) and 9 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 19.80)
- Caleb Paule: 129 yards rushing (Gamescore: 19.40)
- Jaxon Winegar: 2 interception (1TD) and 3 total tackles (Gamescore: 19.25)
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