5A Southern Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances across Friday and Saturday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
A Season-Best Effort from Ryken Banks Leads Legend over Pine Creek
Legend was led to victory by Ryken Banks, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Saturday. Banks rushed for 150 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries, and also picked up 41 receiving yards and a touchdown. His longest rush was for an impressive 52 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
The victory was the third in a row for Legend, bringing their record for this year to 5-1. Banks' next game is against Chaparral on Friday, where he'll look to repeat that solid effort.
Gamescore: 41.55
Tatum O'donnell Delivers Best Performance of Season
Tatum O'Donnell produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Legend to the win on Saturday. O'Donnell picked up three sacks and made 14 total tackles (5.0 for loss).
This year, O'Donnell has averaged 7.7 total tackles per game and for the season has 4 sacks.
Gamescore: 34.75
Champ Jones Turns in Season-Best Performance
Champ Jones produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Legend to the win on Saturday. Jones picked up two sacks and made 11 total tackles (3.0 for loss). The effort also marked the most rushing yards (31) he has had since back in August of 2023.
This season, Jones has averaged 7.2 total tackles per game and for the season has 2.5 sacks.
Gamescore: 28.70
Another Game with at Least 112 Receiving Yards from Nolan Case
Nolan Case produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Douglas County to the win on Friday. Case's receiving production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 112 receiving yards. He also posted 169 receiving yards, which is notable because Douglas County is undefeated when he posts at least 80 receiving yards, but 1-2 otherwise.
For the year, Case has caught 3 touchdowns while averaging 89.8 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.85
Angus Garvey Delivers Electric Performance Vs Regis Jesuit
Angus Garvey continued his hot streak on Saturday by dropping his 11th-straight game (dating back to last season) with at least five total tackles. He picked up a sack and made 11 total tackles (4.0 for loss).
This year, Garvey has averaged 11 total tackles per game and for the season has 3 sacks. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 6.33 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 26.25
Other Notable Players
- Luke Rubley: 230 yards passing; 1 TD rushing (Gamescore: 20.83)
- Caleb Petree: 86 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 20.65)
- Da'Kari Releford Jr: 61 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 20.58)
- Adrian Lee: 1 sack, 1 interception, and 6 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 20.50)
- Aaden Parsons: 271 yards passing; 34 yards rushing (Gamescore: 19.37)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
