4A Desert Sky 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!
Evan Heinrich Dazzles in Arizona College Prep Win
Evan Heinrich was instrumental in extending Arizona College Prep's winning streak to nine on Friday. Heinrich did his part (and then some), throwing for 178 yards and two touchdowns while completing 72.2% of his passes, and also rushing for 33 yards and a touchdown for the 'W'. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in November of 2023.
If history really does repeat itself, Heinrich might just drop another big game when he faces off against Estrella Foothills on Friday. When Heinrich last faced the Wolves back in September, he threw for 172 yards and two touchdowns while completing 76.5% of his passes, and also punched in two touchdowns on the ground.
Gamescore: 31.47
Devonte Thibeaux Delivers Best Effort of Season
Desert Sunrise came up short on Friday despite Devonte Thibeaux delivering his best game to date. Thibeaux picked up 76 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
For the year, Thibeaux has caught those 3 touchdowns while averaging 16.5 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.10
Arizona College Prep Wins Ninth-Straight Thanks to Tyler Lowder
Tyler Lowder's big game helped extend Arizona College Prep's winning streak to nine on Friday. Lowder produced his best game of the campaign : he rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
For the season, Lowder has run in 4 touchdowns while averaging 38.3 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 15.7 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 21.40
Max Sasso Goes Supernova in Arizona College Prep Victory
Max Sasso's big game helped extend Arizona College Prep's winning streak to nine on Friday. Nobody could stop Sasso as he rushed for 80 yards on only eight carries, and also caught a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in September.
For the season, Sasso has averaged 41.4 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after ten games last season, he was only averaging 12.7 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 20.58
Arcadia Gets a Boost from Smith in 42-24 Loss
Rounding off our Top Five is Zach Smith of Arcadia. Smith threw for 253 yards and a touchdown while picking up 11.5 yards per attempt.
Arcadia's loss ended an 11-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 8-2. Smith and Arcadia will take on Seton Catholic at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 19.87
Other Notable Players
- Drew Smith: 119 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 18.23)
- Aime Lamour: 60 yards rushing; 89 yards receiving (Gamescore: 17.77)
- Cody Tibbott: 1 sack and 7 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.00)
- Kash Lambert: 78 yards receiving; 1 TD rushing (Gamescore: 16.62)
- Tresiah Adkins: 148 yards passing (Gamescore: 15.67)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
