AAAAAA Region 8 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!
A Season-Best Effort from Daniel Smith Leads Mill Creek over Douglas County
Mill Creek came up short on Friday despite Daniel Smith delivering his best game to date. Smith rushed for 235 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.2 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
This year, Smith has run in 15 touchdowns while averaging 125.5 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after 11 games last season, he was only averaging 36.45 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 50.97
Luke Metz's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Mill Creek over Douglas County
Another Mill Creek player making an appearance on this list is Luke Metz. He picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made 15 total tackles.
This year, Metz has averaged 7.2 total tackles per game and for the season has 6 sacks. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 3.73 receiving yards per game. This year he is averaging 15.82 receiving yards.
Gamescore: 30.92
Cameron Jones Has Career-Day on Friday
Collins Hill was led to victory by Cameron Jones, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Jones rushed for 142 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
Collins Hill's victory was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-1. Jones and Collins Hill will head out on the road to face off against Colquitt County at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 29.67
Webb Came Up Big in Collins Hill's 35-14 Victory
Keeping Jones company is Katrell Webb, a fellow Collins Hill player. He picked up two sacks and made eight total tackles (4.0 for loss). He has been hot recently, having posted six or more total tackles the last three times he's played.
This season, Webb has averaged 5.7 total tackles per game and for the season has 13 sacks. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 3.27 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 25.00
Deuce Geralds put up the most rushing yards he's had since back in September of 2023 on Friday. He made five total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Unfortunately for Westlake, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Geralds. Back in September of 2023 (the last time Geralds saw the Lions), he forced a fumble and made 13 total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Gamescore: 23.85
Other Notable Players
- Justin Baker: 98 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 23.78)
- Dayton Raiola: 227 yards passing (Gamescore: 23.73)
- Tyriq Green: 30 yards rushing; 52 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 21.37)
- Brady Wendt: 10 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 20.25)
- Cj Hector: 1 interception and 6 total tackles (Gamescore: 20.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
