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 Goes Supernova in Boulder Creek Victory
Starting off the list is Boulder Creek's Everett Stano, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Stano threw for 308 yards and four touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes, and also rushed for 98 yards on only nine carries. He has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last three times he's played.
Stano is probably looking forward to his next game, a home matchup against Shadow Ridge on Friday. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Stano saw the Stallions), he threw for 310 yards and two touchdowns on only 19 passes.
Gamescore: 54.03
A Season-Best Effort from Brody Hinks Leads Mountain Ridge over Shadow Ridge
Brody Hinks produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Mountain Ridge to the win on Friday. Hinks picked up three sacks, forced a fumble, and made six total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Mountain Ridge's victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 3-5. Hinks and Mountain Ridge will challenge Goldwater at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 32.25
Joey Longo Turns in Season-Best Performance
Boulder Creek was led to victory by Joey Longo, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Longo picked up 95 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
On the season, Longo has caught 5 touchdowns while averaging 32.6 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 27.92
Armenta Came Up Big in Shadow Ridge's 24-21 Defeat
Shadow Ridge had to settle for second on Friday, but Xavier Armenta sure wasn't going down easily. Mountain Ridge had no answer to Armenta as he rushed for 104 yards on only 11 carries. Armenta's longest rush was for an impressive 67 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Unfortunately for Mountain Ridge, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Armenta. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Armenta saw the Mountain Lions), he rushed for 107 yards and a touchdown.
Gamescore: 27.40
Ian Cox Makes It Three for Boulder Creek
Another Boulder Creek player making an appearance on this list is Ian Cox. He wasn't messing around on Friday, making 11 total tackles (1.0 for loss) and defending two passes. The game was his eighth straight with five or more total tackles.
For the season, Cox has averaged 8.6 total tackles per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 0.75 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 27.35
Other Notable Players
- Vince Norfolk: 60 yards receiving, 1 TD ; 42 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 22.98)
- Jaahad Parris: 119 yards rushing; 25 yards receiving (Gamescore: 22.72)
- Max Cauley: 90 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 21.77)
- Karsten Cornell: 46 yards rushing; 118 yards receiving (Gamescore: 18.87)
- JT Shaffer: 8 total tackles (4.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 18.50)
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