4A Gila 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!
William Thwaits Has Career Rushing Day
Starting off the list is Sahuarita's William Thwaits, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. On Friday Thwaits picked up a sack and made five total tackles, good enough to also set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up a sack and making five total tackles.
Sahuarita's win ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-3. Thwaits and Sahuarita will challenge Rio Rico at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 34.00
Fuangunyi Posts Huge Game in 20-12 Loss
While Ngonkra Fuangunyi delivered a dominant effort on Friday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Empire. Fuangunyi turned in nothing short of a gem, rushing for 132 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 51 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
For the year, Fuangunyi has run in 5 touchdowns while averaging 124.8 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he was only averaging 56.17 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 30.58
Manga Eselle Delivers Best Performance of Season
Sadly, Manga Eselle posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Empire over Sahuarita on Friday. Eselle picked up 102 receiving yards and a touchdown. He got the majority of those receiving yards when he pulled down a pass and took off for a gain of 65 yards.
This season, Eselle has caught 4 touchdowns while averaging 41.5 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 24.45
Alden Fox Makes It Two for Sahuarita
Another Sahuarita player making an appearance on this list is Alden Fox. He made five total tackles (1.0 for loss).
This season, Fox has averaged 3.6 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 18.87
A Constellation of Stars for Sahuarita
Another Sahuarita player making an appearance on this list is Rasheed Martin. He threw for 97 yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 31 yards.
This season, Martin has thrown 3 touchdowns while averaging 78.7 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 13.2 passer rating per game. This year he is averaging 105.77 passer rating.
Gamescore: 13.87
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