5A District 1 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!
Jamarcea Plater Tops All Others This Week
Starting off the list is Captain Shreve's Jamarcea Plater, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Plater's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 175 rushing yards dating back to last season. He showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 67 yards.
Captain Shreve's loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-2. Plater and Captain Shreve will square off against Evangel Christian Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 78.47
Ben Taylor Turns in Season-Best Effort
Airline was led to victory by Ben Taylor, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Taylor threw for 573 yards and seven touchdowns while completing 71.7% of his passes, and also rushed for 52 yards on only five carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: he has now passed for four or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
Taylor and Airline will welcome Parkway at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The Vikings got just the result they wanted when they last faced the Panthers, probably because Taylor had a solid game then too: he threw for 321 yards and three touchdowns. Can he match (or beat) that performance?
Gamescore: 76.30
Christian Maxie Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Byrd came up short on Thursday despite Christian Maxie delivering his best game to date. Maxie rushed for 291 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries. The performance once again pushed his average rushing yardage north of 100 yards per game (137.4). He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 76-yard run.
The loss snapped Byrd's losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 4-1 record. Maxie and Byrd are on the road again on Friday to play Huntington at 7:00 p.m.
Gamescore: 73.00
On Friday, Airline got the W thanks in part to Jarvis Davis playing the best football he has all season. Davis picked up 271 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. He's now once again averaging 100+ receiving yards (132.2) per game.
This season, Davis has caught 6 touchdowns while averaging 132.2 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had three receiving touchdowns.
Gamescore: 47.15
Kenny Darby's Big Game Leads Airline over Captain Shreve
Another Airline player making an appearance on this list is Kenny Darby. He picked up 154 receiving yards and four touchdowns. His receiving production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 117 receiving yards dating back to last season.
This year, Darby has caught 10 touchdowns while averaging 166 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after five games last season, he was only averaging 52.2 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 41.40
Other Notable Players
- Damari Drake: 1 sack and 21 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 40.70)
- Peyton Houston: 372 yards passing; 55 yards rushing (Gamescore: 40.10)
- Cardarrian Devers: 106 yards receiving, 3 TDs (Gamescore: 39.13)
- Jamarion Washington: 94 yards rushing, 1 TD ; 70 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 37.02)
- DJ Allen: 115 yards rushing, 2 TDs ; 38 yards receiving (Gamescore: 32.73)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
