Cascades - East 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!
Grass Lake Gets a Boost from Cook in 28-7 Win
Starting off the list is Grass Lake's Bryant Cook, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Cook picked up 140 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 75 yards.
Grass Lake's victory ended a five-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 5-3. Cook's next match is against Addison on Friday, where he'll look to repeat that solid performance.
Gamescore: 44.33
A Season-Best Performance from Braylon Brown Leads Michigan Center over Manchester
Sadly, Braylon Brown posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Michigan Center over Manchester on Friday. Brown rushed for 150 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries.
For the year, Brown has run in 8 touchdowns while averaging 84.8 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 39.75 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 43.90
Braylen Villarreal Turns in Another Game with at Least Seven Total Tackles
Sadly, Braylen Villarreal posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Michigan Center over Manchester on Friday. Villarreal wasn't messing around, forcing a fumble and making 18 total tackles. The contest was his eighth straight with seven or more total tackles.
This year, Villarreal has averaged 10.5 total tackles per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 0.25 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 27.25
Lape Came Up Big in Grass Lake's 28-7 Win
Another Grass Lake player making an appearance on this list is Brayden Lape. He threw for 290 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 12.6 yards per attempt, and also punched in two touchdowns on the ground. He has become a key player for Grass Lake: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 2-3 otherwise.
Unfortunately for Leslie, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Lape. Lape threw for 262 yards and three touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes the last time he and the Blackhawks duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 24.83
Other Notable Players
- Jack Layher: 18 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 23.75)
- Tanner Craft: 1 sack and 8 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 18.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
