5A Division II Southern 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!
Ricky Manning Turns in Season-Best Performance
Ricky Manning produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Faith Lutheran to the win on Friday. Manning wasn't messing around, picking up four sacks, making 23 total tackles (7.0 for loss), and defending a pass. The match was his eighth straight with six or more total tackles.
The win for Faith Lutheran keeps them at an undefeated 8-0. Manning and Faith Lutheran will be playing at home against Palo Verde at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 65.25
D'angelo Hagans Has Career Rushing Day
Silverado came up short on Friday despite D'Angelo Hagans delivering his best game to date. Hagans picked up 164 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 56 yards on only five carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
Hagans and Silverado will venture away from home to square off against Green Valley at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hagans will face off against Theodore Edquilang, the Gators' star wideout. The only thing left to do is find out who's the greater deep ball threat. You'll have to watch the game to know for sure.
Gamescore: 42.85
Tyrell Craven Delivers Electric Effort Vs Silverado
Winning always takes teamwork, but on Friday Tyrell Craven stepped things up a notch to give Shadow Ridge the 'W'. Nobody could stop Craven as he rushed for 149 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 59 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Shadow Ridge is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. Craven and Shadow Ridge will take on Sierra Vista at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 37.58
Berry Came Up Big in Shadow Ridge's 56-24 Victory
Another Shadow Ridge player making an appearance on this list is Malahkai Berry. He rushed for 77 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. He didn't just play on offense: he also picked up a sack and made six total tackles.
On the season, Berry has run in 8 touchdowns while averaging 63.9 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 35.40
Caden Bridgewater Makes Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Caden Bridgewater of Legacy. Bridgewater made six total tackles.
For the year, Bridgewater has averaged 4.1 total tackles per game and for the season has 3 interceptions.
Gamescore: 32.87
Other Notable Players
- Joseph Nicci: 2 sacks and 12 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 29.75)
- Alexander Rogers: 218 yards passing (Gamescore: 25.23)
- Joseph Darr: 84 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 25.07)
- Marek Piekarski: 291 yards passing (Gamescore: 24.90)
- Semaj Williams: 2 sacks, 5 total tackles (3.0 for loss), and 1 forced fumble (Gamescore: 24.75)
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