WPIAL AAA Western Hills 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!
Jack Diemert Turns in Season-Best Performance
Quaker Valley came up short on Friday despite Jack Diemert delivering his best game to date. Diemert rushed for 136 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries, and also picked up 35 receiving yards, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an impressive 66 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Quaker Valley's loss was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-7. Diemert and Quaker Valley will take on McGuffey on Friday.
Gamescore: 52.32
Beaver Gets a Boost from Jackson in 51-19 Victory
Amari Jackson was instrumental in extending Beaver's winning streak to four on Friday. Quaker Valley had no answer to Jackson as he picked up 108 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 64 yards and a touchdown.
Beaver pushed their record up to 7-2 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. Jackson and Beaver will welcome Avonworth on Friday.
Gamescore: 48.00
T. Mason Dixon and Co. Win Third in a Row
T. Mason Dixon's big game helped extend Central Valley's winning streak to three on Friday. Dixon was dynamite, picking up a sack and making ten total tackles. He also punched in two rushing touchdowns, which is notable because Central Valley is 3-1 when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 2-3 otherwise.
This year, Dixon has averaged 9.6 total tackles per game and for the season has those 1 sack. It gets even more impressive: after nine games last season, he was only averaging 63.22 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 105.11 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 41.90
Qualan Cain's Big Game Leads Beaver over Quaker Valley
Another Beaver player making an appearance on this list is Qualan Cain. He rushed for 99 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries, and also picked up 30 receiving yards. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last four times he's played.
Unfortunately for Quaker Valley, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Cain. When Cain last faced the Quakers back in October of 2023, he rushed for 136 yards on only 13 carries.
Gamescore: 34.38
Other Notable Players
- James Armstrong: 122 yards passing; 129 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 32.63)
- Aaron Lawson: 53 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 27.08)
- Drey Hall: 80 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.83)
- Quinn Connolly: 110 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 21.92)
- Dimitri Velisaris: 62 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 20.40)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
