6A Region III District 17 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!
A Season-Best Performance from Javier Denson Leads Stratford over Northbrook
Stratford was led to victory by Javier Denson, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Denson's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 127 rushing yards dating back to last season. He showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 60 yards.
Denson and Stratford will head out on the road to challenge Jersey Village at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. The contest will pit Denson up against the Falcons' star running back Devin Pickney. With so much talent on the field, fans are surely in for an exciting game. The only thing left to see is who brings home the W.
Gamescore: 37.97
Burns Came Up Big in Cypress Falls' 52-0 Victory
Cypress Falls found a leader in Kaleb Burns as the team took down Cypress Creek on Saturday. Burns did his part (and then some), picking up a sack, forcing a fumble, and making six total tackles (4.0 for loss) for the 'W'.
For the season, Burns has averaged 7.2 total tackles per game and for the season has 3 sacks. It gets even more impressive: after five games last season, he was only averaging 0.4 defended passes per game. This year he is averaging 0.8 defended passes.
Gamescore: 29.75
Noel Tovar's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Cypress Ridge over Memorial
Noel Tovar continued his hot streak on Saturday by dropping his third-straight game with at least seven total tackles. He picked up a sack, forced two fumbles, and made ten total tackles.
Cypress Ridge is on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-4. Tovar and Cypress Ridge will face off against Cypress Creek at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 25.25
James Harris Delivers Best Effort of Season
On Saturday, Cypress Falls got the W thanks in part to James Harris playing the best football he has all season. Harris picked up two sacks, forced a fumble, and made six total tackles (3.0 for loss).
On the year, Harris has averaged 5.6 total tackles per game and for the season has those 2 sacks. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 0.6 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 24.75
Austin Alpe Puts an End to Memorial's Losing Streak on Saturday
Thanks in part to Austin Alpe, Memorial said goodbye to their seven-game losing streak dating back to last season. Alpe turned in his biggest game of the season on Saturday, throwing for 190 yards and two touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes, and also rushing for 47 yards. Those 47 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
Memorial's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-4. Alpe and Memorial will welcome Cy-Fair at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 23.87
Other Notable Players
- Rennie Grismore: 1 interception and 14 total tackles (Gamescore: 22.25)
- Aaron Deleon: 118 yards passing; 22 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 21.67)
- Kaden Mccarty: 2 sacks and 6 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 20.25)
- Julian Rogalski: 55 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 18.20)
- Hunter Biehl: 35 yards receiving, 1 TD ; 1 TD rushing (Gamescore: 17.98)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
