3A Metro West 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!
Hudson Mitton Turns in Season-Best Effort
Hudson Mitton produced his most outstanding game to date while leading ALA - West Foothills to the win on Friday. Mitton threw for 272 yards and three touchdowns on only 16 passes.
The win for ALA - West Foothills keeps them at an undefeated 9-0. Mitton and ALA - West Foothills will venture away from home to face off against Dysart at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 31.53
Big Game from Rau As Paradise Honors Won 34-0
Nolan Rau was instrumental in extending Paradise Honors's winning streak to three on Friday. Rau was dynamite, throwing for 256 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.9% of his passes. He is becoming a predictor of Paradise Honors' success: when he posts at least three passing touchdowns the team is 3-1 (and 2-3 when he doesn't).
Paradise Honors' win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-4. Rau will have a chance to log another big game when he takes on Kofa on Friday.
Gamescore: 29.27
Charles Vandyke's Rushing Yards a New Career-High
On Friday, Paradise Honors got the W thanks in part to Charles Vandyke playing the best football he has all season. Vandyke rushed for 147 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.2 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
On the season, Vandyke has averaged 15.9 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 27.37
ALA - West Foothills Wins Ninth-Straight Thanks to Johnny Garcia
ALA - West Foothills picked up their ninth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Johnny Garcia. Garcia produced his best game of the campaign : he rushed for 57 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 36 receiving yards and a touchdown. Those 57 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
This season, Garcia has caught 3 touchdowns while averaging 16.1 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 25.88
Other Notable Players
- Preston Brown: 123 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 24.80)
- Elijah Garcia: 1 sack, 7 total tackles (2.0 for loss), and 1 forced fumble (Gamescore: 19.50)
- Flavio Cano Jr: 3 interception and 4 total tackles (Gamescore: 18.75)
- Cougar Holt: 97 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 16.28)
- Kenyon Rosenthal: 1 TD ; 88 yards receiving (Gamescore: 15.77)
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