5A-2 Region II District 8 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!
Jack Merryman Tops All Others This Week
Starting off the list is Montgomery's Jack Merryman, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Merryman threw for 262 yards and five touchdowns while completing 74.1% of his passes, and also rushed for 36 yards.
Montgomery pushed their record up to 6-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. Merryman and Montgomery will face off against West Fork at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 45.37
A Season-Best Effort from Damion Taylor Leads Montgomery over Splendora
Damion Taylor produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Montgomery to the win on Friday. Taylor rushed for 131 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, and also picked up 51 receiving yards and a touchdown. His longest rush was for an impressive 57 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
On the season, Taylor has caught 2 touchdowns while averaging 35.2 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 44.67
Andrew Soliz Delivers Electric Effort Vs Huntsville
Andrew Soliz continued his hot streak on Friday by dropping his 11th-straight game (dating back to last season) with at least five total tackles. He picked up a sack, made 15 total tackles (2.0 for loss), and defended a pass.
Dayton is on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-5. Soliz and Dayton will challenge Splendora at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 29.75
Brayden Hinton Turns in Season-Best Performance
Sadly, Brayden Hinton posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Splendora over Montgomery on Friday. Hinton threw for 287 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushed for 53 yards.
Splendora is on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-5. Hinton and Splendora will head out to face off against Dayton at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 29.23
Alex Goode Delivers Best Effort of Season
On Friday, Montgomery got the W thanks in part to Alex Goode playing the best football he has all season. Goode picked up two sacks, forced a fumble, and made seven total tackles (3.0 for loss).
On the year, Goode has averaged 4.1 total tackles per game and for the season has those 2 sacks. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 1.29 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 27.75
Other Notable Players
- Tj Burch: 187 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.20)
- Dq Swapsy: 60 yards rushing, 1 TD ; 40 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 18.65)
- Keldrid Ben: 51 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 17.35)
- Eli Morcos: 173 yards passing; 42 yards rushing (Gamescore: 15.52)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
