Southern 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!
A Season-Best Performance from Alex Wolfe Leads Waterford over Gustine
Waterford was led to victory by Alex Wolfe, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Wolfe rushed for 181 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.9 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
On the season, Wolfe has run in 7 touchdowns while averaging 95.7 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 0.14 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 48.75
Marcus Gray Has Career Rushing Day
Marcus Gray produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Stone Ridge Christian to the win on Friday. Gray threw for 192 yards and four touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes, and also rushed for 53 yards and a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
The victory (which was Stone Ridge Christian's sixth in a row) raised their record to 6-1. Gray and Stone Ridge Christian will take on Mariposa County at 7:15 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 46.90
Kayden Downey Turns in Season-Best Performance
On Friday, Stone Ridge Christian got the W thanks in part to Kayden Downey playing the best football he has all season. Downey picked up 68 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He didn't just play on offense: he also made two total tackles and defended five passes.
For the season, Downey has caught 6 touchdowns while averaging 57 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 27.97
Daijon O?Neil Goes Supernova in Stone Ridge Christian Win
Daijon O?Neil's big game helped extend Stone Ridge Christian's winning streak to six on Friday. O?Neil did his part (and then some), picking up 88 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also punching in a touchdown on the ground for the 'W'.
O?Neil is probably looking forward to his next game, a home matchup against Mariposa County on Friday. O?Neil rushed for 159 yards and four touchdowns on only 14 carries the last time he and the Grizzlies duked it out back in September of 2023.
Gamescore: 27.22
Laten Butler Makes Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Laten Butler of Mariposa County. Butler picked up 54 receiving yards, and also rushed for 50 yards.
Mariposa County dropped their record down to 1-6 with the loss, which was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season. Butler and Mariposa County will look to defend their home field on Friday against Stone Ridge Christian at 7:15 p.m.
Gamescore: 24.30
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