AAAAAA Region 8 Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances from Thursday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Dream Rashad Turns in Season-Best Effort
Mountain View was led to victory by Dream Rashad, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Rashad threw for 295 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.3 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 64 yards and a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
Mountain View's win ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-6. Rashad and Mountain View will challenge Dacula at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 45.47
A Season-Best Performance from Seven Rashad Leads Mountain View over Central Gwinnett
Seven Rashad produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Mountain View to the win on Thursday. Rashad picked up 176 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He got the majority of those receiving yards when he pulled down a pass and took off for a gain of 91 yards.
For the season, Rashad has caught those 2 touchdowns while averaging 61.5 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 30.18
Ethan Ervin Delivers Best Performance of Season
Buford was led to victory by Ethan Ervin, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Ervin rushed for 85 yards and two touchdowns.
The victory (which was Buford's sixth in a row) raised their record to 6-1. Ervin and Buford will play host again on Friday to welcome Central Gwinnett, where kickoff is scheduled at 7:30 p.m.
Gamescore: 27.80
Dacula Gets a Boost from Cantrell in 40-14 Loss
Garrison Cantrell posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Thursday. He rushed for 64 yards and a touchdown on only six carries, and also threw for 106 yards and a touchdown while completing 71.4% of his passes.
This season, Cantrell has thrown 10 touchdowns (and and only 1 picks) while averaging 133.4 passing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he had three passing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 26.37
Alijah Patillo Turns in Season-Best Effort
On Thursday, Collins Hill got the W thanks in part to Alijah Patillo playing the best football he has all season. Patillo picked up 103 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Patillo and Collins Hill will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Dacula at 7:30 p.m. on October 25th. The matchup will pit Patillo up against the Falcons' star receiver Isaac Kareem-Maman. With so much talent on the field, fans are surely in for an exciting game. The only thing left to see is who brings home the W.
Gamescore: 22.88
Other Notable Players
- Jadon Martin: 1 sack and 11 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 20.75)
- Deuce Geralds: 1 sack and 11 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 19.25)
- Dylan Mccoy: 63 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 19.08)
- Dayton Raiola: 121 yards passing (Gamescore: 16.97)
- Hayden Bradley: 37 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 16.03)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
