Redwood Empire - Valley Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances across Friday and Saturday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Tamalpais Gets a Boost from Edwards in 38-25 Loss
Starting off the list is Tamalpais's Reed Edwards, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Edwards threw for 345 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 13.8 yards per attempt.
Tamalpais dropped their record down to 1-5 with the loss, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season. Edwards and Tamalpais will challenge Redwood at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 41.90
Danny Mercado's Big Game Leads Casa Grande over Redwood
Danny Mercado was a major factor in Casa Grande's win over Redwood on Saturday. Redwood had no answer to Mercado as he threw for 226 yards and four touchdowns while completing 74.2% of his passes, and also rushed for 33 yards and a touchdown.
If history really does repeat itself, Mercado might just drop another big game when he faces off against Justin-Siena on Friday. Mercado threw for 182 yards and five touchdowns on only 17 passes the last time he and the Braves duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 39.77
Andre Lopez's Rushing Yards a New Career-High
Andre Lopez posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 215 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.0 yards per carry.
Lopez and American Canyon will face off against Justin-Siena at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The Wolves got just the result they wanted when they last faced the Braves, probably because Lopez had a solid game then too: he rushed for 39 yards and two touchdowns. Can he match (or beat) that performance?
Gamescore: 38.20
Timo Ural Delivers Best Effort of Season
Tamalpais came up short on Friday despite Timo Ural delivering his best game to date. Ural picked up 219 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He's now once again averaging 100+ receiving yards (105.3) per game. His longest reception was for an incredible 84 yards.
This year, Ural has caught 7 touchdowns while averaging 105.3 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 35.48
American Canyon Wins Fifth-Straight Thanks to Mason Harris
Mason Harris's big game helped extend American Canyon's winning streak to five on Friday. Harris did his part (and then some), rushing for 95 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries, while also throwing for 71 yards and a touchdown for the 'W'.
For the year, Harris has thrown 7 touchdowns while averaging 121.4 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after five games last season, he had four rushing touchdowns. This year he is already up to eight.
Gamescore: 34.83
Other Notable Players
- John Welborn: 3 sacks and 14 total tackles (Gamescore: 30.75)
- Ronan Curley: 90 yards rushing; 56 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.70)
- Wyatt Leach: 16 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 24.50)
- Webster Burks: 68 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 19.78)
- Brody Stevens: 64 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 15.20)
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