Valley 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!
A Season-Best Effort from Caden Thompson Leads Escondido over Escondido Charter
On Friday, Escondido got the W thanks in part to Caden Thompson playing the best football he has all season. Thompson threw for 328 yards and six touchdowns while completing 74.1% of his passes.
Escondido's win ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 4-2. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Cougars dukes it out withValley Center at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 51.77
Josh Gonzales Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Josh Gonzales produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Escondido to the win on Friday. Gonzales picked up 206 receiving yards and five touchdowns. He's now once again averaging 100+ receiving yards (116) per game.
On the year, Gonzales has caught 11 touchdowns while averaging 116 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 51.18
Valley Center Gets a Boost from Mitchell in 56-0 Win
Braylon Mitchell put up the most rushing yards he's had since back in October of 2023 on Friday. He threw for 208 yards and three touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes.
Valley Center has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Jaguars faces off against Escondido at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 27.37
Bear Morales Makes It Two for Valley Center
Keeping Mitchell company is Bear Morales, a fellow Valley Center player. He rushed for 71 yards and three touchdowns.
For the year, Morales has averaged 19 receiving yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 2.71 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 93 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 27.17
Jesse Morales Turns in Season-Best Effort
Valley Center was led to victory by Jesse Morales, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Morales picked up 102 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Unfortunately for Vista, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Morales. Morales picked up 104 receiving yards and three touchdowns the last time he and the Panthers duked it out back in September of 2023.
Gamescore: 22.70
Other Notable Players
- Joseph Vinup: 155 yards passing (Gamescore: 21.03)
- Ezekiel McIntyre: 91 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 19.52)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
