Hi-Plains 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!
A Season-Best Performance from Timothy Johnson Leads Lakin over Hoisington
Sadly, Timothy Johnson posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Lakin over Hoisington on Friday. Johnson picked up 91 receiving yards and three touchdowns. He was no stranger to the big play, cutting upfield on a catch that went for 60 yards.
This season, Johnson has caught those 3 touchdowns while averaging 15.2 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 32.60
Big Game from Rider As Lakin Fell 48-31
Keeping Johnson company is Ross Rider, a fellow Lakin player. He rushed for 119 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 54 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
On the season, Rider has caught 2 touchdowns while averaging 9.7 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 0.83 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 27.83
Gonzalez Posts Huge Game in 63-14 Loss
While Arihm Gonzalez delivered a dominant performance on Friday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Stanton County. Smith Center had no answer to Gonzalez as he rushed for 81 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries. Gonzalez's longest rush was for an incredible 74 yards.
Stanton County dropped their record down to 1-5 with the loss, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. Gonzalez and Stanton County will take on Plainville/Natoma on Friday.
Gamescore: 27.25
Southwestern Heights was sadly handed a defeat on Friday, but Luis Martinez did his best to prevent it. Martinez turned in nothing short of a gem, picking up 43 receiving yards, while also rushing for 37 yards.
Southwestern Heights is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-4. Martinez and Southwestern Heights are taking a road trip to face off against Cimarron at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 19.02
Angel Puentes Makes It Two for Southwestern Heights
Another Southwestern Heights player making an appearance on this list is Angel Puentes. He picked up a sack and made ten total tackles.
This year, Puentes has averaged 6.2 total tackles per game and for the season has 2 sacks.
Gamescore: 17.25
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
