Mid-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!
Davis Long Has Career-Day on Friday
Starting off the list is Biggs's Davis Long, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. On Friday Long made three total tackles, good enough to also set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He was no stranger to the big play, turning on the jets for a run that went for 56 yards.
Biggs has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. Long and Biggs will face off against Williams at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 98.20
Brady Smith Makes It Two for Biggs
Another Biggs player making an appearance on this list is Brady Smith. He made two total tackles.
Gamescore: 32.85
Velazquez Came Up Big in Maxwell's 27-20 Win
Noel Velazquez's big game helped extend Maxwell's winning streak to three on Friday. Nobody could stop Velazquez as he threw for 245 yards and a touchdown, and also punched in two touchdowns on the ground.
On the year, Velazquez has thrown 17 touchdowns while averaging 190.8 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 32.28
A Season-Best Performance from Austin Steele Leads Biggs over Los Molinos
On Friday, Biggs got the W thanks in part to Austin Steele playing the best football he has all season. Steele made ten total tackles (1.0 for loss) and defended a pass in addition to snagging two interceptions which he returned one-yard for a touchdown. He is becoming a predictor of Biggs' success: when he posts at least four total tackles the team is undefeated (and 1-2 when he doesn't).
This year, Steele has averaged 4.7 total tackles per game and for the season has 3 interceptions. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 0.71 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 29.30
Francisco Martinez Makes Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Francisco Martinez of Williams. Martinez made seven total tackles and defended a pass. He also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, making seven total tackles and defending a pass.
Martinez's next game is against Biggs on Friday, where he'll look to repeat that solid performance. Martinez's will try to catch a pass or two from Noel Velazquez the Panthers' star signal caller Will Velazquez have another big offensive game, or will Martinez keep him contained? We'll have our answer soon enough.
Gamescore: 24.52
Other Notable Players
- Manny Rolon: 280 yards passing (Gamescore: 23.37)
- Solomon Melendez: 1 interception and 9 total tackles (Gamescore: 19.78)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
