6A Region IV District 27 Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances across Friday and Saturday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Wynter Smith Tops All Others This Week
Starting off the list is Brandeis's Wynter Smith, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Smith rushed for 190 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.5 yards per carry, and also threw for 107 yards and a touchdown while completing 91.7% of his passes.
On the year, Smith has thrown 2 touchdowns while averaging 77.2 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 58.93
Lorenn "Bubba" Johnson Delivers Electric Effort Vs Reagan
Lorenn "Bubba" Johnson continued his hot streak on Friday by dropping his 15th-straight game (dating back to last season) with at least 103 rushing yards. He rushed for 259 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.0 yards per carry. Those 259 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
If history really does repeat itself, Johnson might just drop another big game when he faces off against Madison on Friday. Johnson rushed for 222 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.3 yards per carry, and also caught a touchdown the last time he and the Mavericks duked it out back in November of 2023.
Gamescore: 53.68
A Season-Best Effort from Noah Logsdon Leads Brandeis over Churchill
Brandeis was led to victory by Noah Logsdon, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Logsdon rushed for 207 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.9 yards per carry, and also picked up 30 receiving yards and a touchdown, 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 rushed for 112 or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
This year, Logsdon has caught those 1 touchdown while averaging 21 receiving yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after six games last season, he was only averaging 42.83 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 130.17 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 51.13
Pavlicek Came Up Big in Churchill's 45-27 Loss
While Hunter Pavlicek delivered a dominant effort on Friday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Churchill. Despite the defeat, Pavlicek was still balling out as he rushed for 62 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 117 yards and a touchdown.
This season, Pavlicek has thrown 5 touchdowns while averaging 109.5 passing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he had two passing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 24.10
Kalobe Rond Goes Supernova in Churchill Loss
Another Churchill player making an appearance on this list is Kalobe Rond. He rushed for 98 yards and a touchdown on only six carries.
On the season, Rond has run in 6 touchdowns while averaging 66.3 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 23.20
Other Notable Players
- Caleb Hernandez: 1 interception and 12 total tackles (Gamescore: 18.50)
- Elijah Guajardo: 1 sack and 10 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 18.00)
- Xavier Canavis: 130 yards rushing (Gamescore: 17.20)
- Logan Schmidt: 12 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.00)
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