5A 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!
D.J Overson Delivers Best Effort of Season
On Friday, Cyprus got the W thanks in part to D.J Overson playing the best football he has all season. Overson rushed for 101 yards and four touchdowns on only 11 carries, and also threw for 265 yards and three touchdowns on only 17 passes, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
This year, Overson has thrown 13 touchdowns while averaging 136.4 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 66.77
Britton Jepsen Puts an End to Cyprus' Losing Streak on Friday
Britton Jepsen helped snap Cyprus's 12-game losing streak dating back to last season. Jepsen made a major impact on Friday, picking up 201 receiving yards and two touchdowns. The performance once again pushed his average receiving yardage north of 100 yards per game (102). He showed off some serious burst, cutting upfield on a catch for 62 yards.
On the season, Jepsen has caught 10 touchdowns while averaging 102 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had two receiving touchdowns.
Gamescore: 59.35
Sunia Fifita Delivers Electric Effort Vs Hunter
Sunia Fifita posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 188 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.4 yards per carry. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: he posted at least 106 rushing yards in the seventh games prior.
The win was the fourth in a row for Granger, bringing their record for this year to 5-5. Fifita and Granger will head out on the road to challenge Box Elder at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 36.68
A Season-Best Effort from Uha Malekamu Leads Cyprus over Kearns
Cyprus's 12-game losing streak dating back to last season is now nothing but a memory thanks in part to Uha Malekamu. Malekamu picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made 18 total tackles (2.0 for loss), good enough for us to rate the performance as the best he's had all season long. He is on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last 11 games he's played dating back to last season.
For the year, Malekamu has averaged 16 total tackles per game and for the season has those 1 sack. He is looking even better than he did last year: after ten games last season, he was only averaging 5.9 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 31.50
Gio Polanco's Rushing Yards a New Career-High
Gio Polanco produced his most outstanding game to date while leading West Jordan to the win on Friday. Polanco rushed for 108 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
The win (which was West Jordan's fifth in a row) raised their record to 6-4. Polanco and West Jordan will face off against Wasatch at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 27.83
Other Notable Players
- Cody Johnson: 129 yards rushing; 1 TD receiving (Gamescore: 26.83)
- Nia Ioapo: 80 yards receiving, 1 TD ; 28 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.37)
- Tevita Kofe: 72 yards rushing, 2 TDs ; 21 yards receiving (Gamescore: 24.18)
- Brighton Webb: 37 yards receiving, 2 TDs ; 42 yards rushing (Gamescore: 22.35)
- Aidan Royce Welchman: 106 yards passing (Gamescore: 21.17)
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