4A Southwest 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!
Luc Aguilar Delivers Best Performance of Season
Seton Catholic was led to victory by Luc Aguilar, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Aguilar rushed for 298 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.0 yards per carry, and also picked up 35 receiving yards, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
This year, Aguilar has averaged 43.7 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: 68.07
Kanai Hongo Turns in Season-Best Effort
Gila Ridge was led to victory by Kanai Hongo, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Hongo rushed for 139 yards and two touchdowns. He has become a key player for Gila Ridge: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 0-3 otherwise.
The victory got Gila Ridge back to even at 3-3. Hongo and Gila Ridge will challenge Seton Catholic at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Gamescore: 35.43
Rodriguez Came Up Big in Gila Ridge's 29-14 Win
Another Gila Ridge player making an appearance on this list is Andy Rodriguez. He picked up three sacks and made six total tackles.
For the year, Rodriguez has averaged 6.6 total tackles per game and for the season has 9 sacks.
Gamescore: 19.50
Elijah May Rounds Out Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Elijah May of Independence. May made 13 total tackles (1.5 for loss) and defended a pass.
With the loss, Independence broke their five-game winning streak and moved their record to 5-2. May and Independence will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Sierra Linda at 7:00 p.m. on October 24th.
Gamescore: 17.25
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
