3A Metro Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances from Thursday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Samaras Posts Huge Game in 49-0 Victory
Starting off the list is Holy Family's Monte Samaras, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Samaras threw for 169 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground.
Holy Family now has a winning record of 4-3. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Tigers dukes it out withLutheran at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 29.07
Lutheran Wins Fourth-Straight Thanks to Sawyer Wald
Sawyer Wald was instrumental in extending Lutheran's winning streak to four on Thursday. Nobody could stop Wald as he picked up 40 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 34 yards and a touchdown.
This season, Wald has caught 2 touchdowns while averaging 22.3 receiving yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he had four rushing touchdowns. This year he is already up to 14.
Gamescore: 22.48
Anderson Osburn Makes It Two for Holy Family
Another Holy Family player making an appearance on this list is Anderson Osburn. He picked up 90 receiving yards and a touchdown.
This year, Osburn has caught 2 touchdowns while averaging 50 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 19.00
Abramson Made His Presence Known in Lutheran's 50-0 Victory
Another Lutheran player making an appearance on this list is Eli Abramson. He threw for 121 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes.
For the year, Abramson has thrown 20 touchdowns while averaging 210.6 passing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he had two passing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 17.87
Deacon Downing Delivers Best Performance of Season
On Thursday, Lutheran got the W thanks in part to Deacon Downing playing the best football he has all season. Downing picked up 55 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
For the season, Downing has caught 4 touchdowns while averaging 26.1 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 17.67
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