5A 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!
Sevier County Gets a Boost from Newman in 49-0 Victory
Cooper Newman's big game helped extend Sevier County's winning streak to eight on Friday. Newman was dynamite, throwing for 240 yards and five touchdowns while completing 86.7% of his passes, and also rushing for 30 yards. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Sevier County pushed their record up to 8-0 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Newman and Sevier County will take on East Hamilton at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 45.10
While Zeke Slone delivered a dominant performance on Friday, a win just wasn't in the cards for David Crockett. Nobody could stop Slone as he picked up 71 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 54 yards.
On the year, Slone has caught 4 touchdowns while averaging 35 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he had two receiving touchdowns.
Gamescore: 30.92
A Season-Best Performance from Malachi Monroe Leads Morristown-Hamblen West over David Crockett
On Friday, Morristown-Hamblen West got the W thanks in part to Malachi Monroe playing the best football he has all season. Monroe rushed for 120 yards and two touchdowns, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He is becoming a predictor of Morristown-Hamblen West's success: when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns the team is undefeated (and 0-4 when he doesn't).
On the year, Monroe has run in 4 touchdowns while averaging 54.2 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 2.67 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 27.20
Sevier County Wins Eighth-Straight Thanks to Jude Costner
Jude Costner's big game helped extend Sevier County's winning streak to eight on Friday. Costner was dynamite, making a tackle.
Gamescore: 25.67
Another Game with at Least Five Total Tackles from Joey Galazin
Joey Galazin continued his hot streak on Friday by dropping his 19th-straight game (dating back to last season) with at least five total tackles. He turned in his biggest game of the season, picking up a sack, making 13 total tackles (2.0 for loss), and defending a pass.
On the season, Galazin has averaged 11.4 total tackles per game and for the season has 3 sacks.
Gamescore: 25.25
Other Notable Players
- John Michael Rosen: 43 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 16.47)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
