WPIAL AAA Allegheny 7 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!
Williams Made His Presence Known in Deer Lakes' 56-0 Win
Starting off the list is Deer Lakes's Zier Williams, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Williams rushed for 133 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries, and also caught a touchdown. His longest rush was for an impressive 50 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Unfortunately for Burrell, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Williams. When Williams last faced the Bucs back in September of 2023, he rushed for 121 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries.
Gamescore: 37.98
Zach Grant Delivers Best Effort of Season
On Friday, Deer Lakes got the W thanks in part to Zach Grant playing the best football he has all season. Grant picked up 71 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 58 yards and a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He has become a key player for Deer Lakes: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two receiving touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise.
On the season, Grant has caught 10 touchdowns while averaging 63.4 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 36.72
A Constellation of Stars for Deer Lakes
Another Deer Lakes player making an appearance on this list is Jake Fleischer. He threw for 166 yards and five touchdowns while completing 92.9% of his passes.
On the year, Fleischer has thrown 15 touchdowns (and and only 3 picks) while averaging 123.7 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 34.67
While Freeport might've come up empty on Friday, Drew Ross wasn't going down without a fight. Nobody could stop Ross as he threw for 203 yards and two touchdowns.
Ross' next match is against Mt. Pleasant on Friday, where he'll look to repeat that solid effort. The Yellowjackets had to take a loss when they last met the Vikings, but Ross had little to do with the loss: he threw for 161 yards and a touchdown, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Can he match (or beat) that performance?
Gamescore: 16.23
Owen Neistein Makes It Two for Freeport
Another Freeport player making an appearance on this list is Owen Neistein. He picked up 83 receiving yards.
This season, Neistein has averaged 18.5 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 15.38
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