AAAAA Region 4 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 Julian Shanks Leads Arabia Mountain over Shiloh
On Friday, Arabia Mountain had to settle for second even though Julian Shanks put up the best numbers he has all season. Shanks rushed for 71 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries, and also threw for 349 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.6 yards per attempt.
Arabia Mountain is on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-7. Shanks and Arabia Mountain will challenge Tri-Cities at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 49.87
Marlin Mathis Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Shiloh was led to victory by Marlin Mathis, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Mathis rushed for 208 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.3 yards per carry. The performance once again pushed his average rushing yardage north of 100 yards per game (111.3). The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
On the season, Mathis has run in 7 touchdowns while averaging 111.3 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he had one rushing touchdown.
Gamescore: 43.60
Ricky Simmons Turns in Season-Best Effort
Shiloh was led to victory by Ricky Simmons, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Simmons threw for 137 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 passes, and also rushed for 62 yards.
On the year, Simmons has thrown 10 touchdowns while averaging 132.6 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 31.83
Darius White Goes Supernova in Decatur Win
Decatur picked up their eighth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Darius White. White was unstoppable, rushing for 95 yards and three touchdowns.
Decatur's win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-0. White and Decatur will face off against Woodward Academy at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 30.18
Landon Dean Delivers Best Performance of Season
Shiloh was led to victory by Landon Dean, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Dean picked up 79 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
This year, Dean has caught 7 touchdowns while averaging 59.1 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 24.95
Other Notable Players
- Quay Hood: 2 sacks and 5 total tackles (4.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 22.00)
- Makhi Williams-Lee: 1 sack and 7 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.00)
- X?vien Brinson: 106 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 16.93)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
