5A Region 1 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!
Big Game from Newman As Sevier County Won 49-0
Sevier County picked up their eighth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Cooper Newman. Newman did his part (and then some), throwing for 240 yards and five touchdowns while completing 86.7% of his passes, and also rushing for 30 yards for the 'W'. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Newman and Sevier County will take on East Hamilton at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The last time Newman took on the Hurricanes, he threw for 133 yards and three touchdowns. Can he match (or beat) that performance?
Gamescore: 45.10
David Crockett had to settle for second on Friday, but Zeke Slone sure wasn't going down easily. Nobody could stop Slone as he picked up 71 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 54 yards.
This year, Slone has caught 4 touchdowns while averaging 35 receiving yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 0.71 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 36.14 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 30.92
Malachi Monroe Turns in Season-Best Performance
Malachi Monroe produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Morristown-Hamblen West to the win on Friday. Monroe rushed for 120 yards and two touchdowns, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. Morristown-Hamblen West is undefeated when Monroe posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 0-4 otherwise.
On the season, Monroe has run in 4 touchdowns while averaging 54.2 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he was only averaging 2.67 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 27.20
Sevier County Wins Eighth-Straight Thanks to Jude Costner
Sevier County picked up their eighth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Jude Costner. Costner was dynamite, making a tackle.
Gamescore: 25.67
Another Game with at Least Five Total Tackles from Joey Galazin
Joey Galazin continued his hot streak on Friday by dropping his 19th-straight game (dating back to last season) with at least five total tackles. He turned in his biggest game of the season, picking up a sack, making 13 total tackles (2.0 for loss), and defending a pass.
For the year, Galazin has averaged 11.4 total tackles per game and for the season has 3 sacks.
Gamescore: 25.25
Other Notable Players
- John Michael Rosen: 43 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 16.47)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
