Super - National Red Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances in games played on Thursday and Friday (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
A Season-Best Effort from Stephen Paradiso Leads Cedar Grove over Glen Ridge
Cedar Grove was led to victory by Stephen Paradiso, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Paradiso threw for 337 yards and two touchdowns while completing 71.1% of his passes, and also rushed for 61 yards and two touchdowns.
Glen Ridge had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Paradiso it was a similar story. When Paradiso last faced the Ridgers back in September of 2023, he threw for 222 yards and six touchdowns.
Gamescore: 42.77
Jayden Nigro Has Career-Day on Thursday
On Thursday, Verona got the W thanks in part to Jayden Nigro playing the best football he has all season. Nigro rushed for 138 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.1 yards per carry, and also picked up 65 receiving yards and a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He was no stranger to the big play, turning on the jets for a run that went for 52 yards.
The victory (which was Verona's fourth in a row) raised their record to 6-1. Nigro and Verona will square off against Glen Ridge at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Gamescore: 41.13
Connor Kerney and Co. Win Seventh in a Row
Connor Kerney was instrumental in extending Cedar Grove's winning streak to seven on Friday. Kerney rushed for 68 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. We marked that as the best he's had all season, even better than his performance back in September.
For the year, Kerney has run in 3 touchdowns while averaging 17.3 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 7.86 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 40.75
Gianluca Checchetto Makes It Two for Verona
Another Verona player making an appearance on this list is Gianluca Checchetto. He picked up 57 receiving yards and a touchdown.
For the season, Checchetto has caught 2 touchdowns while averaging 17.7 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he had one receiving touchdown.
Gamescore: 27.12
Maisano Came Up Big in Verona's 26-13 Victory
Another Verona player making an appearance on this list is Bodie Maisano. He rushed for 120 yards. He showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 55 yards.
Maisano and Verona will face off against Glen Ridge at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The last time Maisano took on the Ridgers, he rushed for 107 yards on only 14 carries. Can he match (or beat) that performance?
Gamescore: 25.68
Other Notable Players
- Connor Demasi: 137 yards passing; 25 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 22.03)
- Nick Russo: 101 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 18.18)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
