3A Northern Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances from Friday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Keeshawn Love Delivers Best Performance of Season
Keeshawn Love produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Fernley to the win on Friday. Love rushed for 526 yards and seven touchdowns while picking up 15.0 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 90-yard run.
Lowry had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Love it was a similar story. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Love saw the Buckaroos), he rushed for 225 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.2 yards per carry.
Gamescore: 133.20
Erick Valencia Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Lowry came up short on Friday despite Erick Valencia delivering his best game to date. Valencia rushed for 222 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 10.1 yards per carry, and also threw for 102 yards while completing 83.3% of his passes. He's now once again averaging 100+ rushing yards (114) per game. Those 222 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
Lowry is on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-6. Valencia and Lowry are taking a road trip to face off against South Tahoe at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 80.80
Ivan Esparza and Co. Win 21st in a Row
Truckee picked up their 21st consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Ivan Esparza. Esparza turned in his biggest game of the season, rushing for 144 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries. Truckee was ranked a full 114 places lower in their respective state rankings, but Esparza proved rankings don't matter once you're on the field.
Truckee pushed their record up to 8-0 with the win, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season. Esparza and Truckee will challenge Sparks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 35.48
Big Game from Melendy As Churchill County Won 21-14
Rounding off our Top Five is Carson Melendy of Churchill County. Melendy rushed for 52 yards and two touchdowns. Churchill County is 4-1 when Melendy posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 0-3 otherwise.
The victory got Churchill County back to even at 4-4. Melendy's next match is against Elko on Friday, where he'll look to repeat that solid performance.
Gamescore: 27.60
Other Notable Players
- Paul Ronzone: 2 sacks, 9 total tackles (2.0 for loss), and 1 forced fumble (Gamescore: 26.50)
- Luke Lauter: (1TD) and 10 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 22.75)
- Joey Machado: 14 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 22.75)
- Jake Carsrud: 129 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 21.00)
- Calvin Curtis: 2 interception and 5 total tackles (Gamescore: 19.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
