6A Region 5 Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances in games played on Thursday and Friday (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
A Season-Best Performance from Chancellor Sparks Leads Parker over Minor
Parker was led to victory by Chancellor Sparks, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Sparks rushed for 167 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
The win was the third in a row for Parker, bringing their record for this year to 7-1. Sparks and Parker will face off against Homewood on Friday.
Gamescore: 35.00
Daunte Williams Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Daunte Williams posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He forced a fumble and made four total tackles.incredibly, Williams got all that yardage with just one huge grab
Mortimer Jordan's win ended a five-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-6. Williams and Mortimer Jordan will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Jackson-Olin at 7:00 p.m. on October 24th.
Gamescore: 30.53
Big Game from Casey As Gardendale Fell 34-20
Urijah Casey posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 143 yards and a touchdown. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 70-yard run.
On the season, Casey has run in 7 touchdowns while averaging 82 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 28.95
Parker Reno Turns in Season-Best Performance
On Friday, Mortimer Jordan got the W thanks in part to Parker Reno playing the best football he has all season. Reno rushed for 71 yards and two touchdowns, and also caught a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He is becoming a predictor of Mortimer Jordan's success: when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns the team is 2-1 (and 0-5 when he doesn't).
For the season, Reno has caught 2 touchdowns while averaging 13.4 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 0.38 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 28.68
Adam Yazel Makes It Two for Gardendale
Another Gardendale player making an appearance on this list is Adam Yazel. He wasn't messing around on Friday, making 20 total tackles (1.0 for loss). The matchup was his eighth straight with 13 or more total tackles dating back to last season.
On the season, Yazel has averaged 18 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 28.25
Other Notable Players
- Weston Tossie: 1 sack and 13 total tackles (Gamescore: 23.50)
- Andre Russell: 158 yards passing; 57 yards rushing (Gamescore: 22.43)
- Talton Thomas: 17 total tackles (Gamescore: 21.75)
- Isaiah Miles: 120 yards rushing (Gamescore: 19.60)
- Keshuan Johnson: 2 sacks and 9 total tackles (Gamescore: 19.25)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
