Palomar 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!
Gaige Weddle Drops League-Best Performance on Friday
Starting off the list is Rancho Bernardo's Gaige Weddle, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Weddle made eight total tackles.
Rancho Bernardo's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-1. Weddle and Rancho Bernardo will welcome Ramona at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 57.27
A Season-Best Effort from Kelle Leuck Leads Mt. Carmel over Ramona
Mt. Carmel was led to victory by Kelle Leuck, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Leuck threw for 321 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 43 yards and two touchdowns.
Mt. Carmel pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. Leuck and Mt. Carmel will be playing in front of their home fans against San Marcos at 7:15 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 42.30
Kreet Makihele Goes Supernova in San Marcos Victory
Kreet Makihele was a major factor in San Marcos's victory over Fallbrook on Friday. Fallbrook had no answer to Makihele as he threw for 241 yards and five touchdowns on perfect 9-for-9 passing.
San Marcos pushed their record up to 5-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. Makihele will have a chance to log another big game when he takes on Mt. Carmel on Friday.
Gamescore: 40.17
Riley Valecruz Delivers Best Effort of Season
Mt. Carmel was led to victory by Riley ValeCruz, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. ValeCruz picked up 169 receiving yards and a touchdown. He torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 87 yards.
For the season, ValeCruz has caught 6 touchdowns while averaging 99 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he was only averaging 62.17 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 27.75
CJ Williams Turns in Season-Best Effort
On Friday, San Marcos got the W thanks in part to CJ Williams playing the best football he has all season. Williams picked up 45 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 33 yards and a touchdown.
On the season, Williams has caught 2 touchdowns while averaging 25 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.28
Other Notable Players
- Isaac Castro: 14 total tackles (Gamescore: 18.75)
- Colton Willard: 59 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 18.07)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
