WPIAL AAAAA Northeast 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!
Darian Nelson Turns in Season-Best Effort
Plum was led to victory by Darian Nelson, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Nelson rushed for 153 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an incredible 83 yards.
On the season, Nelson has averaged 44.5 receiving yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 3.13 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 29.75 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 47.93
A Season-Best Effort from Aaron Strader Leads Pine-Richland over Greater Latrobe
Pine-Richland was led to victory by Aaron Strader, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Strader threw for 252 yards and four touchdowns on only 14 passes.
The victory for Pine-Richland keeps them at an undefeated 7-0. Strader and Pine-Richland will challenge North Allegheny at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 32.80
Pine-Richland Wins Seventh-Straight Thanks to Lawrence ?Jay? Timmons
Lawrence ?Jay? Timmons was instrumental in extending Pine-Richland's winning streak to seven on Friday. ?Jay? Timmons was unstoppable, picking up 98 receiving yards and a touchdown. He also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, making four total tackles and defending a pass.
For the season, ?Jay? Timmons has caught 4 touchdowns while averaging 61.4 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 13 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 21.55
Nick Sheffo Makes It Two for Plum
Another Plum player making an appearance on this list is Nick Sheffo. He punched in a rushing score.
On the season, Sheffo has run in those 1 touchdown while averaging 0.2 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 21.50
Luca Poli Makes Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Luca Poli of Fox Chapel. Poli picked up a sack and made eight total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Fox Chapel is on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-6. Poli and Fox Chapel will square off against Shaler Area at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 20.50
Other Notable Players
- Nicholas Odom: 101 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 19.80)
- Sloan Humphries: 122 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 18.62)
- Tanner Cunningham: 99 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 15.98)
- John Nonnenberg: 83 yards passing (Gamescore: 15.43)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
