6A Portland Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances from Thursday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
King Soloman Hamilton Puts an End to Franklin's Losing Streak on Thursday
King Soloman Hamilton helped snap Franklin's seven-game losing streak dating back to last season. On Thursday Soloman Hamilton threw for 222 yards and four touchdowns on only 17 passes, and also rushed for 33 yards and a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
Franklin's first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-5. Soloman Hamilton and Franklin will challenge Roosevelt on Friday.
Gamescore: 49.60
While Sam Ribner delivered a dominant effort on Thursday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Cleveland. Nobody could stop Ribner as he rushed for 90 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries, and also threw for 190 yards and two touchdowns.
Cleveland is on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-5. Ribner and Cleveland will head out to challenge Jefferson at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 36.37
Cash Landau Turns in Season-Best Performance
Franklin was led to victory by Cash Landau, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Landau picked up 108 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Unfortunately for Cleveland, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Landau. When Landau last faced the Warriors back in September of 2023, he picked up 206 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Gamescore: 31.33
Big Game from Sayre As Franklin Won 47-28
Franklin's seven-game losing streak dating back to last season is now nothing but a memory thanks in part to Jay Sayre. Sayre was unstoppable on Thursday, rushing for 119 yards on only 15 carries.
This season, Sayre has averaged 92.2 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 30.83 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 28.68
Hank Blaha Makes It Two for Cleveland
Another Cleveland player making an appearance on this list is Hank Blaha. He picked up a sack and made seven total tackles. He didn't just play on offense: he also picked up a sack and made seven total tackles.
On the season, Blaha has averaged 5.5 total tackles per game and for the season has those 1 sack.
Gamescore: 27.35
Other Notable Players
- Max Copus: 76 yards rushing, 1 TD ; 85 yards receiving (Gamescore: 22.83)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
