Ocean 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!
Sands Dougherty Crosses Big Stat Threshold
On Friday, Morro Bay got the W thanks in part to Sands Dougherty playing the best football he has all season. Dougherty threw for 380 yards and four touchdowns while completing 84.6% of his passes, and also rushed for 70 yards and a touchdown. He's now once again averaging 300+ passing yards (300.1) per game. His passing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 312 passing yards dating back to last season.
For the season, Dougherty has thrown 27 touchdowns while averaging 300.1 passing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 15.75 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 60.93
While Templeton might've come up empty on Friday, Jaron Sampson wasn't going down without a fight. San Luis Obispo had no answer to Sampson as he rushed for 53 yards on only five carries.
Templeton's loss dropped their record down to 4-4. Sampson and Templeton are on the road again on Friday to play Nipomo at 7:00 p.m.
Gamescore: 30.35
Nick Evans Has Career-Day on Friday
Nick Evans posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 159 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.6 yards per carry.
Nipomo has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 3-4-1 record this season. Evans and Nipomo will host Templeton at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 30.28
Colton Janovec Makes It Two for Morro Bay
The second Morro Bay player making an appearance here is Colton Janovec, and for good reason. He made seven total tackles (1.0 for loss). He showed off some serious burst, cutting upfield on a catch for 50 yards.
For the year, Janovec has averaged 8.6 total tackles per game and for the season has 0 sacks.
Gamescore: 26.87
Ayden Benzon Makes It Two for Nipomo
The second Nipomo player making an appearance here is Ayden Benzon, and for good reason. He picked up 37 receiving yards and a touchdown.
On the season, Benzon has caught 5 touchdowns while averaging 56 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 23.70
Other Notable Players
- Ryder Busch: 90 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 22.83)
- Tyler Cunningham: 89 yards rushing; 36 yards receiving (Gamescore: 21.88)
- Jamison Pendleton: 1 sack and 9 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 19.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
