2A Black 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!
Jeremiah Foster Delivers Best Performance of Season
Globe was led to victory by Jeremiah Foster, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Foster rushed for 59 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 35 receiving yards and a touchdown. He didn't just play on offense: he also picked up a sack and made six total tackles (4.0 for loss).
The victory made it two in a row for Globe and bumps their season record up to 3-5. Foster and Globe will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Alchesay at 7:00 p.m. on October 24th.
Gamescore: 44.12
Jaeger Franco Has Career Rushing Day
Globe was led to victory by Jaeger Franco, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Franco rushed for 76 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 168 yards and two touchdowns while completing 78.6% of his passes, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He has become a key player for Globe: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-4 otherwise.
For the season, Franco has thrown 3 touchdowns while averaging 72.5 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 16.25 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 26.88 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 41.40
Sam Winters Turns in Season-Best Performance
St. Johns came up short on Friday despite Sam Winters delivering his best game to date. Winters picked up 127 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 75 yards. He torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 71 yards.
St. Johns now has a losing record at 3-4. Winters and St. Johns will host Chinle at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 38.55
A Season-Best Effort from Deray Mathis Leads Miami over St. Johns
Deray Mathis produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Miami to the win on Friday. Mathis picked up 174 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Mathis and Miami will square off against San Carlos at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The contest will pit Mathis up against the Braves' star receiver Anson Kinney. The only thing left to do is find out who's the greater deep ball threat. You'll have to watch the game to know for sure.
Gamescore: 30.07
Abram Castaneda Goes Supernova in Miami Victory
Another Miami player making an appearance on this list is Abram Castaneda. He threw for 320 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 46 yards.
For the year, Castaneda has thrown 14 touchdowns while averaging 213.9 passing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 50.43 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 29.43
Other Notable Players
- Aiden Bejarano: 57 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 22.75)
- Jeremiah Martinez: 109 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 21.30)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
