Southwest Yosemite - River 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!
Jalen Murphy Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Liberty was led to victory by Jalen Murphy, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Murphy rushed for 252 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.5 yards per carry. The performance once again pushed his average rushing yardage north of 100 yards per game (118.1). The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
This season, Murphy has run in 7 touchdowns while averaging 118.1 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 18.86 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 46.98
Jack Froehlich Dazzles in Garces Memorial Defeat
Garces Memorial had to settle for second on Friday, but Jack Froehlich sure wasn't going down easily. Despite the loss, Froehlich was still balling out as he picked up 1.5 sacks, forced a fumble, and made 12 total tackles (5.0 for loss).
Garces Memorial is on an eight-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-7. Froehlich and Garces Memorial will venture away from home to challenge Frontier at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 35.75
Isaiah Lefotu Delivers Best Performance of Season
On Friday, Garces Memorial had to settle for second even though Isaiah Lefotu put up the best numbers he has all season. Lefotu picked up 2.5 sacks, forced two fumbles, and made eight total tackles (5.0 for loss).
On the season, Lefotu has averaged 2.9 total tackles per game and for the season has those 2.5 sacks.
Gamescore: 34.75
While Logan Slaton delivered a dominant effort on Thursday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Frontier. Slaton turned in nothing short of a gem, rushing for 19 yards.
Frontier now has a losing record at 3-4. Slaton and Frontier will take on Garces Memorial at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 33.60
Rj Green Makes It Two for Frontier
Another Frontier player making an appearance on this list is Rj Green. He rushed for 100 yards.
This year, Green has averaged 50.4 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.95
Other Notable Players
- Nate Espericueta: 2 sacks and 7 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 21.00)
- Landon "LJ" Riley: 1 sack and 7 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.75)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
