Valley Mission 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!
Diego Montes Delivers Electric Effort Vs Sylmar
Starting off the list is Kennedy's Diego Montes, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Montes rushed for 168 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries, and also threw for 148 yards and four touchdowns while completing 72.2% of his passes. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 124 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Montes is probably looking forward to his next game, a home matchup against Panorama on Thursday. When Montes last faced the Pythons back in October of 2023, he rushed for 82 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries, and also threw for 230 yards and two touchdowns while completing 91.7% of his passes.
Gamescore: 69.67
Carlos Herrera Turns in Season-Best Performance
Van Nuys was led to victory by Carlos Herrera, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Herrera threw for 240 yards and five touchdowns, and also rushed for 113 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
Herrera and Van Nuys will square off against Sylmar at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The Wolves had to take a loss when they last met the Spartans, but Herrera had little to do with the loss: he threw for 246 yards and three touchdowns while completing 72% of his passes. Can he match (or beat) that performance?
Gamescore: 65.20
San Fernando's Losing Streak Is No More Thanks to Luvon Nolen
Thanks in part to Luvon Nolen, San Fernando said goodbye to their three-game losing streak. Panorama had no answer to Nolen on Friday as he rushed for 96 yards and a touchdown.
San Fernando's win bumped their record up to 4-5. Nolen and San Fernando will have some time to savor their victory since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Reseda at 7:00 p.m. on November 1st.
Gamescore: 44.68
Castro Made His Presence Known in San Fernando's 41-14 Win
Another San Fernando player making an appearance on this list is Isaiah Castro. He picked up 86 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
For the year, Castro has caught 6 touchdowns while averaging 76.9 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 39.14 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 24.52
A Season-Best Performance from Louis Welling-Belli Leads Van Nuys over Canoga Park
Van Nuys was led to victory by Louis Welling-Belli, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Welling-Belli picked up 88 receiving yards and a touchdown. He showed off some serious burst, lighting up the secondary with a catch for 62 yards.
This year, Welling-Belli has caught 2 touchdowns while averaging 34.1 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 21.80
Other Notable Players
- Josue Sandoval: 47 yards rushing, 1 TD ; 1 TD receiving (Gamescore: 19.68)
- Marlon Figueroa: 71 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 15.87)
- Aaron Celis: 168 yards passing (Gamescore: 15.20)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
