6A Desert Valley 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!
Everett Stano's Big Game Leads Boulder Creek over Mountain Ridge
Thanks in part to Everett Stano, Boulder Creek said goodbye to their six-game losing streak dating back to last season. Nobody could stop Stano on Friday as he rushed for 137 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries, and also threw for 308 yards and three touchdowns while completing 78.9% of his passes. Those 137 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
Boulder Creek's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-5. Stano and Boulder Creek will have some time to savor their victory since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on O'Connor at 7:00 p.m. on October 17th.
Gamescore: 69.43
Karsten Cornell Delivers Best Effort of Season
Karsten Cornell produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Boulder Creek to the win on Friday. Cornell rushed for 155 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries, and also picked up 82 receiving yards and a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an incredible 71 yards.
For the year, Cornell has caught 3 touchdowns while averaging 37.6 receiving yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after five games last season, he was only averaging 36.6 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 79.8 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 61.03
A Season-Best Performance from Damir Ilicic Leads Valley Vista over Willow Canyon
Damir Ilicic produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Valley Vista to the win on Friday. Ilicic threw for 364 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.1 yards per attempt.
The win snapped Valley Vista's losing streak at five games and leaves them with a 1-5 record. Ilicic and Valley Vista will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Mountain Ridge at 7:00 p.m. on October 18th.
Gamescore: 41.27
Brennan Curtin Turns in Season-Best Effort
On Friday, Boulder Creek got the W thanks in part to Brennan Curtin playing the best football he has all season. Curtin picked up 123 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground.
On the year, Curtin has caught 4 touchdowns while averaging 61.5 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 22 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 34.92
Michael Cruz Has Career-Day on Friday
Sadly, Michael Cruz posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Shadow Ridge over O'Connor on Friday. Cruz rushed for 52 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 38 receiving yards and a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
Shadow Ridge is on a 15-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-6. Cruz and Shadow Ridge will take on Apollo at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 31.83
Other Notable Players
- Xavier Armenta: 124 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 29.20)
- Nico Hernandez: 86 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 25.98)
- Vince Norfolk: 21 yards receiving; 122 yards rushing (Gamescore: 23.98)
- Joseph Watts-Diver: 118 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 23.97)
- Alexx Williams: 89 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 21.07)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
