East Sequoia 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!
Julian Fernandez Drops League-Best Effort on Friday
Starting off the list is Corcoran's Julian Fernandez, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Fernandez picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made four total tackles.
Corcoran now has a winning record of 4-3. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Panthers faces off against Orosi at 7:15 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 36.68
Tony Alvarez's Big Game Leads Corcoran over Orange Cove
Another Corcoran player making an appearance on this list is Tony Alvarez. He threw for 156 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes, and also rushed for 38 yards and a touchdown.
This season, Alvarez has thrown 18 touchdowns while averaging 203.7 passing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 71.86 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 30.70
Lindsay Wins Third-Straight Thanks to Ethan Cortes
Lindsay picked up their third consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Ethan Cortes. Nobody could stop Cortes as he rushed for 47 yards.
For the year, Cortes has averaged 54.4 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 26.86 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 30.70
Big Game from Colunga As Strathmore Fell 20-19
While Isaiah Colunga delivered a dominant performance on Friday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Strathmore. Colunga was dynamite, rushing for 47 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 165 yards on seven of 19 attempts.
With the loss, Strathmore broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 5-2. Colunga and Strathmore will square off against Granite Hills at 7:15 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 30.35
Jose Cortes Makes It Two for Lindsay
The second Lindsay player making an appearance here is Jose Cortes, and for good reason. He rushed for 136 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.0 yards per carry.
Unfortunately for Farmersville, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Cortes. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Cortes saw the Aztecs), he rushed for 107 yards and a touchdown on only 15 carries.
Gamescore: 29.40
Other Notable Players
- Justin Huerta: 71 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 18.53)
- David Flores: 91 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 18.35)
- Dayr Salazar: 0.5 sacks and 11 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.50)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
