AAAA Region 2 Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances from Thursday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
DAVID PARSON Delivers Best Effort of Season
Sadly, DAVID PARSON posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Union Grove over Ola on Thursday. PARSON wasn't messing around, picking up three sacks, forcing a fumble, and making 17 total tackles (5.0 for loss). The game was his eighth straight with five or more total tackles.
Union Grove is on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-5. PARSON and Union Grove will stay at home for another week and welcome Locust Grove at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 46.25
A Season-Best Performance from Tristan Parks Leads Hampton over Woodland
Hampton was led to victory by Tristan Parks, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Parks threw for 380 yards and five touchdowns while completing 74.2% of his passes.
The victory (which was Hampton's fifth in a row) raised their record to 6-2. Parks and Hampton will square off against Ola at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 42.73
Cayden Hutson Has Career Rushing Day
Ola was led to victory by Cayden Hutson, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Hutson rushed for 130 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an impressive 52 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Ola's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-1. Their road trip will continue as they head out to face Hampton at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 39.65
Caden Worley produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Ola to the win on Thursday. Worley threw for 176 yards and a touchdown on only 16 passes, and also rushed for 55 yards on only six carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
For the season, Worley has thrown 4 touchdowns while averaging 99.4 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 23.29 passer rating per game. This year he is averaging 97.25 passer rating.
Gamescore: 23.73
Other Notable Players
- Mark Howard: 152 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 23.60)
- Caden Waye: 91 yards rushing, 1 TD ; 72 yards receiving (Gamescore: 22.18)
- GREGORY JACKSON: 1 sack and 8 total tackles (4.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 19.50)
- BRYCE BROWN: 128 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 19.38)
- KASHUS GARLAND: 1 sack and 9 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 19.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
