4A West Valley 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!
Nash Ott Delivers Best Performance of Season
On Friday, Yuma Catholic got the W thanks in part to Nash Ott playing the best football he has all season. Ott threw for 418 yards and six touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes.
Unfortunately for St. Mary, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Ott. When Ott last faced the Knights back in September of 2023, he threw for 279 yards and two touchdowns while completing 82.8% of his passes.
Gamescore: 51.67
Sir Stokes Crosses Big Stat Threshold
On Friday, Yuma Catholic got the W thanks in part to Sir Stokes playing the best football he has all season. Stokes picked up 269 receiving yards and three touchdowns. He's now once again averaging 100+ receiving yards (108.4) per game.
For the year, Stokes has caught 6 touchdowns while averaging 108.4 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: 45.65
A Season-Best Effort from Nathan Johannes Leads Northwest Christian over Buckeye
On Friday, Northwest Christian got the W thanks in part to Nathan Johannes playing the best football he has all season. Johannes picked up 120 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 114 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.1 yards per carry. He torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 94 yards.
The win (which was Northwest Christian's third in a row) raised their record to 5-1. They and Lake Havasu are set to duel on Friday.
Gamescore: 40.65
Laki Wallwork Turns in Season-Best Performance
On Friday, Northwest Christian got the W thanks in part to Laki Wallwork playing the best football he has all season. Wallwork threw for 313 yards and four touchdowns while completing 79.3% of his passes, and also rushed for 30 yards.
This year, Wallwork has thrown 12 touchdowns (and and only 1 picks) while averaging 207 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 37.57
Elijah Little Dazzles in Thunderbird Win
Elijah Little's big game helped extend Thunderbird's winning streak to six on Friday. Little was unstoppable, rushing for 122 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.6 yards per carry. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his eighth straight game with at least 107 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Unfortunately for Lake Havasu, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Little. Back in September of 2023 (the last time Little saw the Knights), he rushed for 130 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries.
Gamescore: 36.00
Other Notable Players
- Rocky Stallworth: 2 sacks and 17 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 30.63)
- Dre Bair: 45 yards rushing, 2 TDs ; 50 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 29.45)
- Benton Beck: 92 yards rushing; 30 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 26.67)
- Andrew Cohill: 166 yards passing (Gamescore: 20.97)
- Daryl Little II: 81 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 20.43)
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