Bay 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!
Leuzinger Gets a Boost from Tonga in 34-7 Victory
Starting off the list is Leuzinger's Journee Tonga, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Tonga rushed for 246 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 9.1 yards per carry, and also picked up 36 receiving yards. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his eighth straight game with at least 101 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Tonga and Leuzinger are on the road again on Friday to play Mira Costa at 7:00 p.m. The matchup will pit Tonga up against the Mustangs' star RB Aj Mcbean. With so much talent on the field, fans are surely in for an exciting game. The only thing left to see is who brings home the W.
Gamescore: 66.17
A Season-Best Performance from Ryan Rakowski Leads Palos Verdes over Lawndale
Palos Verdes was led to victory by Ryan Rakowski, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Rakowski threw for 304 yards and three touchdowns while completing 76.2% of his passes, and also rushed for 30 yards and two touchdowns.
Rakowski and Palos Verdes will face off against Inglewood at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The match will pit Rakowski up against the Sentinels' star quarterback Kingston Tisdell. With so much talent on the field, fans are surely in for an exciting game. The only thing left to see is who brings home the W.
Gamescore: 49.17
Kingston Tisdell's Big Game Leads Inglewood over Mira Costa
Inglewood picked up their eighth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Kingston Tisdell. Tisdell was unstoppable, throwing for 252 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.0 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 51 yards. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Inglewood pushed their record up to 8-0 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. Tisdell and Inglewood will face off against Palos Verdes at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 33.10
Josh Williams Turns in Season-Best Effort
On Friday, Palos Verdes got the W thanks in part to Josh Williams playing the best football he has all season. Williams picked up 3.5 sacks and made five total tackles (4.5 for loss).
For the year, Williams has averaged 4.5 total tackles per game and for the season has 4.5 sacks. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 0.5 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 29.75
Williams Wright Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Inglewood was led to victory by Williams Wright, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Wright picked up two sacks, forced a fumble, and made seven total tackles. Thanks to that strong showing, he's now averaging 5.2 total tackles per game. He has been hot recently, having posted five or more total tackles the last four times he's played.
For the year, Wright has averaged 5.2 total tackles per game and for the season has 5 sacks.
Gamescore: 25.75
Other Notable Players
- Evan Aguirre: 128 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 25.38)
- Liam Meeker: 73 yards passing; 132 yards rushing (Gamescore: 23.87)
- Venilaite Wolfgramm Iii: 13 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 23.50)
- Elija Harmon: 1 sack and 10 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 21.50)
- Myels Smith: 1 sack and 8 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 21.25)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
