Mahoning Valley - Grey 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!
Bates Came Up Big in Garfield's 40-0 Victory
Starting off the list is Garfield's Devin Bates, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Bates rushed for 120 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Bates and Garfield will square off against Crestview at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The match will pit Bates up against the Rebels' star RB Maxwell Hawkins. Will the matchup be decided in the trenches? We'll have our answer very soon.
Gamescore: 40.05
Maxwell Hawkins' Big Game Leads Crestview over Champion
Maxwell Hawkins's big game helped extend Crestview's winning streak to seven on Friday. Nobody could stop Hawkins as he rushed for 129 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries. He is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last seven games he's played dating back to last season.
Champion had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Hawkins it was a similar story. Hawkins rushed for 206 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.6 yards per carry the last time he and the Golden Flashes duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 39.70
Crestview Wins Seventh-Straight Thanks to Jake Noling
Jake Noling was instrumental in extending Crestview's winning streak to seven on Friday. Noling did his part (and then some), throwing for 101 yards and two touchdowns on perfect 8-for-8 passing, while also rushing for 82 yards on only six carries for the 'W'.
For the year, Noling has thrown 8 touchdowns while averaging 78.4 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 7.18 passer rating per game. This year he is averaging 118.9 passer rating.
Gamescore: 29.93
AJ Mcewen and Co. Win Seventh in a Row
AJ McEwen's big game helped extend Crestview's winning streak to seven on Friday. Champion had no answer to McEwen as he picked up two sacks and made six total tackles.
This year, McEwen has averaged 3 total tackles per game and for the season has those 2 sacks.
Gamescore: 21.00
Other Notable Players
- Easton Armstrong: 115 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 21.00)
- Ryder Cain: 70 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 18.80)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
