5A South Metro 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!
Austyn Modrzewski Turns in Season-Best Performance
Mountain Vista was led to victory by Austyn Modrzewski, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Modrzewski threw for 425 yards and five touchdowns while completing 88% of his passes, and also rushed for 30 yards and a touchdown. He's now once again averaging 300+ passing yards (303.8) per game. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in October of 2023.
If the past is any indication, Modrzewski could be in store for another big game when he takes on ThunderRidge on Friday. When Modrzewski last faced the Grizzlies back in September of 2023, he threw for 451 yards and five touchdowns while completing 81.8% of his passes.
Gamescore: 61.63
A Season-Best Effort from Jack Blais Leads Mountain Vista over Valor Christian
On Friday, Mountain Vista got the W thanks in part to Jack Blais playing the best football he has all season. Blais rushed for 107 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries, and also picked up 100 receiving yards and a touchdown. The effort marked the most rushing yards he has had since back in November of 2023. His longest reception was for an incredible 72 yards.
Valor Christian's probably not too fond of Blais given he always seems to get the better of them. Blais rushed for 64 yards and two touchdowns the last time he and the Eagles duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 45.65
Another Game with at Least 106 Rushing Yards from Tyler Meyer
Tyler Meyer produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Rock Canyon to the win on Thursday. Meyer's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 106 rushing yards. He also punched in two rushing touchdowns, which is notable because Rock Canyon is 2-1 when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise.
The victory snapped Rock Canyon's losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 3-3 record. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Jaguars challenges Fruita Monument at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Gamescore: 42.00
Mountain Vista was led to victory by Carter Daniels, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Daniels wasn't messing around, picking up two sacks, forcing a fumble, and making 15 total tackles. The contest was his sixth straight with five or more total tackles dating back to last season.
Daniels might have his next game, a road matchup with ThunderRidge, circled on his calendar. When Daniels last faced the Grizzlies back in September of 2023, he made 13 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Gamescore: 39.50
Levi Schield produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Rock Canyon to the win on Thursday. Schield wasn't messing around, picking up a sack and making 16 total tackles (4.0 for loss). The contest was his seventh straight with five or more total tackles dating back to last season.
On the year, Schield has averaged 10.3 total tackles per game and for the season has 2 sacks. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he was only averaging 3.17 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 34.50
Other Notable Players
- Jack Schwartz: 79 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 30.30)
- Cash Spence: 77 yards receiving, 1 TD ; 1 TD rushing (Gamescore: 27.42)
- Quillan Gulick: 1 sack and 14 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 26.25)
- Sean Conway: 136 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 26.02)
- Griffin Harrison: 17 total tackles (1.5 for loss) and 1 forced fumble (Gamescore: 22.75)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
