Super - Liberty Red 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 Performance from Casey Grusser Leads Ramapo over Hackensack
Ramapo was led to victory by Casey Grusser, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Grusser rushed for 72 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries, and also threw for 245 yards and a touchdown while completing 72.7% of his passes.
The win (which was Ramapo's fourth in a row) raised their record to 4-3. Grusser and Ramapo will take on Northern Highlands at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 47.93
Owen Laffey Turns in Season-Best Effort
On Friday, Ridgewood had to settle for second even though Owen Laffey put up the best numbers he has all season. Laffey rushed for 78 yards and two touchdowns.
This season, Laffey has run in those 2 touchdowns while averaging 30.9 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 29.12
Winning always takes teamwork, but on Friday Bryce Flower stepped things up a notch to give Wayne Valley the 'W'. Mount Olive had no answer to Flower as he picked up 51 receiving yards and a touchdown.
This year, Flower has caught 4 touchdowns while averaging 45.1 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 18 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.27
Darrius Rivers Makes It Two for Wayne Valley
Keeping Flower company is Darrius Rivers, a fellow Wayne Valley player. He picked up 89 receiving yards and a touchdown. He got the majority of those receiving yards when he pulled down a pass and took off for a gain of 65 yards.
On the year, Rivers has caught 4 touchdowns while averaging 53.8 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had one receiving touchdown.
Gamescore: 25.82
Liam Hayward Makes It Two for Ramapo
The second Ramapo player making an appearance here is Liam Hayward, and for good reason. He rushed for 69 yards and a touchdown.
On the year, Hayward has averaged 15.9 receiving yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 3.86 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 55.14 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 16.97
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