UpState 8 - 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!
Lee Came Up Big in West Chicago's 52-14 Victory
Starting off the list is West Chicago's Robert Lee, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Lee rushed for 217 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.0 yards per carry. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 108 rushing yards dating back to last season.
This year, Lee has run in 9 touchdowns while averaging 156 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had two rushing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 51.80
Tommy Doyle Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Tommy Doyle posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 133 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries.
This season, Doyle has averaged 24.3 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he was only averaging 4.33 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 45.68
A Season-Best Effort from Xavier Mrozik-Dejesus Leads Riverside-Brookfield over Glenbard South
Xavier Mrozik-Dejesus produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Riverside-Brookfield to the win on Friday. Mrozik-Dejesus picked up 198 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Riverside-Brookfield is undefeated when Mrozik-Dejesus posts two or more receiving touchdowns, but 0-3 otherwise.
The win got Riverside-Brookfield back to even at 3-3. Mrozik-Dejesus and Riverside-Brookfield will head out on the road to take on Elmwood Park at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 32.45
Garcia Posts Huge Game in 26-21 Win
Another Riverside-Brookfield player making an appearance on this list is Giancarlo Garcia. He threw for 282 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 12.3 yards per attempt.
For the season, Garcia has thrown 6 touchdowns while averaging 149.5 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 22.50
A Constellation of Stars for Riverside-Brookfield
Another Riverside-Brookfield player making an appearance on this list is Max Strong. He made 16 total tackles (1.0 for loss). He is on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made eight or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season.
On the season, Strong has averaged 8.7 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 18.50
Other Notable Players
- Carter Naranjo: 29 yards passing; 75 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 15.53)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
