6A Region 5 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!
Blaze Neely Turns in Season-Best Effort
Blaze Neely produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Mortimer Jordan to the win on Thursday. Neely threw for 259 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes.
This season, Neely has thrown 16 touchdowns while averaging 167.9 passing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 1.33 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 33.87
Parker Reno Has Career-Day on Thursday
Parker Reno produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Mortimer Jordan to the win on Thursday. Reno rushed for 134 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries, and also picked up 41 receiving yards, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
This year, Reno has averaged 16.4 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after nine games last season, he was only averaging 0.33 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 32.58
Robert Taylor's Big Game Leads Parker over Woodlawn
Parker picked up their fifth consecutive win on Thursday thanks in part to Robert Taylor. Woodlawn had no answer to Taylor as he picked up four sacks and made six total tackles. Taylor has been hot recently, having posted two or more sacks the last three times he's played.
Parker pushed their record up to 9-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. Taylor and Parker will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Cullman at 7:00 p.m. on November 8th.
Gamescore: 31.50
A Season-Best Performance from Kaleb Carson Leads Homewood over Minor
On Thursday, Homewood got the W thanks in part to Kaleb Carson playing the best football he has all season. Carson rushed for 52 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 77 yards and a touchdown.
For the year, Carson has thrown 5 touchdowns while averaging 35.7 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 30.43
Parker Gets a Boost from Reese in 62-0 Win
The second Parker player making an appearance here is Dylan Reese, and for good reason. He threw for 200 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes.
This season, Reese has thrown 12 touchdowns while averaging 179.8 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.83
Other Notable Players
- Isaiah Miles: 73 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 24.60)
- Darryl Sanders: 61 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 23.00)
- Evan Ausmer: 48 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 18.40)
- Jacob Cawley: 24 yards receiving, 1 TD ; 1 TD rushing (Gamescore: 15.13)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
