GIAA AAAA/AAA District 3 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!
John Robert Walker Earns League's Top Spot
Starting off the list is Tiftarea Academy's John Robert Walker, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Walker wasn't messing around on Friday, rushing for 138 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.6 yards per carry. The matchup was his seventh straight with two or more rushing touchdowns.
The win (which was Tiftarea Academy's third in a row) raised their record to 7-1. Walker and Tiftarea Academy will take on Terrell Academy at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 48.37
Caden Grier Delivers Best Effort of Season
Tiftarea Academy was led to victory by Caden Grier, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Grier picked up two sacks and made five total tackles.
On the season, Grier has averaged 4.1 total tackles per game and for the season has 4 sacks.
Gamescore: 37.70
A Season-Best Performance from Gabe Daniel Leads Deerfield-Windsor over Valwood
Deerfield-Windsor was led to victory by Gabe Daniel, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Daniel picked up 189 receiving yards and three touchdowns. He really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 85 yards.
Deerfield-Windsor pushed their record up to 7-2 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. Daniel will try to repeat (or improve) on that dominant effort when he faces off against Maclay on Friday.
Gamescore: 37.57
Ty Thomas Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Terrell Academy found a leader in Ty Thomas as the team took down Baconton Charter on Friday. Thomas showed up in a big way, rushing for 161 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.5 yards per carry. He's now once again averaging 100+ rushing yards (100.4) per game.
For the season, Thomas has run in 7 touchdowns while averaging 100.4 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 36.60
Lane Sceals Turns in Season-Best Performance
Deerfield-Windsor was led to victory by Lane Sceals, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Sceals threw for 421 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.0 yards per attempt.
For the year, Sceals has thrown 16 touchdowns while averaging 210.7 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 36.17
Other Notable Players
- Temond Marcus: 1 sack and 11 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 20.25)
- Tayt Snellgrove: 30 yards passing; 90 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 17.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
