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!
A Season-Best Effort from Dream Rashad Leads Mountain View over Central Gwinnett
Dream Rashad produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Mountain View to the win 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 victory 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
Seven Rashad Delivers Best Performance of Season
Mountain View was led to victory by Seven Rashad, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Rashad picked up 176 receiving yards and two touchdowns. The bulk of those receiving yards came from one huge play: a catch that gained an incredible 91 yards.
This year, Rashad has caught those 2 touchdowns while averaging 62 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 30.18
Ethan Ervin Turns in Season-Best Performance
On Thursday, Buford got the W thanks in part to Ethan Ervin playing the best football he has all season. Ervin rushed for 85 yards and two touchdowns.
The win was the sixth in a row for Buford, bringing their record for this year to 6-1. Ervin and Buford have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome Central Gwinnett at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
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.
On the year, Cantrell has thrown 10 touchdowns (and and only 1 picks) while averaging 133.4 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 47.46 passer rating per game. This year he is averaging 103.8 passer rating.
Gamescore: 26.37
A Season-Best Effort from Alijah Patillo Leads Collins Hill over Mill Creek
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 get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Dacula at 7:30 p.m. on October 25th. Patillo will face off against Isaac Kareem-Maman, the Falcons' star receiver. The only thing left to do is find out who's the greater deep ball threat. You'll have to watch the game to know for sure.
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
