3A-2 Region IV District 15 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!
Israel Soto's Big Game Leads Karnes City over Young Men's Leadership Academy
Starting off the list is Karnes City's Israel Soto, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Soto rushed for 147 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
For the year, Soto has averaged 18.8 receiving yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 20.5 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 67.83 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 52.57
Raishaun Conaway Turns in Season-Best Effort
On Friday, Young Men's Leadership Academy had to settle for second even though Raishaun Conaway put up the best numbers he has all season. Conaway rushed for 169 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.0 yards per carry. The performance once again pushed his average rushing yardage north of 100 yards per game (103.7). He showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 51 yards.
Young Men's Leadership Academy is on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-5. Conaway and Young Men's Leadership Academy will look to defend their home field on Friday against Nixon-Smiley at 7:00 p.m.
Gamescore: 37.68
Garet Gonzales Delivers Best Performance of Season
Nixon-Smiley was led to victory by Garet Gonzales, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Gonzales rushed for 98 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries, and also picked up 32 receiving yards and a touchdown. He is becoming a predictor of Nixon-Smiley's success: when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns the team is 2-1 (and 0-3 when he doesn't).
On the year, Gonzales has run in 4 touchdowns while averaging 71.7 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 36.88
Nixon-Thompson Posts Huge Game in 48-15 Victory
The second Karnes City player making an appearance here is Savion Nixon-Thompson, and for good reason. He rushed for 52 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 90 yards and a touchdown.
On the year, Nixon-Thompson has thrown 7 touchdowns while averaging 110.3 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 28.75
A Constellation of Stars for Karnes City
Another Karnes City player making an appearance on this list is Andrew Crow. He picked up 63 receiving yards and a touchdown. He showed off some serious burst, lighting up the secondary with a catch for 56 yards.
This year, Crow has caught 5 touchdowns while averaging 53.8 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 25.42
Other Notable Players
- Jaylun Rodriguez: 0.5 sacks and 11 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 20.25)
- Trenton Gordon: 105 yards rushing (Gamescore: 19.60)
- Coy Gann: 58 yards receiving; 65 yards rushing (Gamescore: 17.93)
- Major Luna: 193 yards passing (Gamescore: 17.37)
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