3A Region 1 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!
Juan Mejia Turns in Season-Best Effort
Juan Mejia produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Johnson County to the win on Friday. Mejia wasn't messing around, rushing for 205 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 12.8 yards per carry. The game was his seventh straight with two or more rushing touchdowns dating back to last season.
Mejia must have Chuckey-Doak's number; he was a force to be reckoned with the last time he faced them too. When Mejia last faced the Black Knights back in October of 2023, he rushed for 160 yards.
Gamescore: 67.47
Kolby Jones' Rushing Yards a New Career-High
On Friday, Unicoi County got the W thanks in part to Kolby Jones playing the best football he has all season. Jones rushed for 110 yards and four touchdowns on only ten carries, and also threw for 123 yards and a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
If history really does repeat itself, Jones might just drop another big game when he faces off against Claiborne on Friday. When Jones last faced the Bulldogs back in October of 2023, he threw for 319 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73% of his passes.
Gamescore: 49.30
Brayden Maples was a major factor in Gatlinburg-Pittman's victory over Claiborne on Friday. Nobody could stop Maples as he made a tackle.
Gatlinburg-Pittman has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. Maples will try to repeat (or improve) on that dominant effort when he faces off against Johnson County on Friday.
Gamescore: 40.73
Bransan Salts Has Career Rushing Day
Bransan Salts posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 184 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.8 yards per carry.
On the season, Salts has run in 5 touchdowns while averaging 118.5 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he was only averaging 14.83 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 36.28
Other Notable Players
- Brady Simmons: 1 sack and 12 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 20.73)
- John Keohane: 152 yards passing (Gamescore: 20.73)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
