A Region 5 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!
Karmello Jones Turns in Season-Best Effort
Cross was led to victory by Karmello Jones, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Jones rushed for 289 yards and seven touchdowns while picking up 11.6 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an incredible 87 yards.
The win (which was Cross' fourth in a row) raised their record to 6-2. Jones and Cross will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Bethune-Bowman at 7:30 p.m. on October 25th.
Gamescore: 101.30
Bethune-Bowman's Losing Streak Is No More Thanks to Jaedon Bell
Bethune-Bowman's 13-game losing streak dating back to last season is now nothing but a memory thanks in part to Jaedon Bell. Nobody could stop Bell on Friday as he threw for 172 yards and four touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes.
Bethune-Bowman's first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-7. Bell and Bethune-Bowman will challenge Scott's Branch at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 33.77
Grant Came Up Big in Baptist Hill's 37-20 Loss
While Romaine Grant delivered a dominant performance on Friday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Baptist Hill. Grant was unstoppable, rushing for 50 yards and two touchdowns, while also picking up 49 receiving yards.
Grant might have his next game, a home matchup with St. John's, circled on his calendar. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Grant saw the Islanders), he picked up 122 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Gamescore: 31.43
Jailyn Broughton Makes It Two for Cross
The second Cross player making an appearance here is Jailyn Broughton, and for good reason. He picked up two sacks and made ten total tackles.
This year, Broughton has averaged 6.6 total tackles per game and for the season has 5 sacks.
Gamescore: 24.75
A Season-Best Performance from Preston Fuller Leads Cross over Scott's Branch
Cross was led to victory by Preston Fuller, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Fuller picked up a sack, made five total tackles (2.0 for loss), and defended two passes.
This year, Fuller has averaged 3.4 total tackles per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging eight receiving yards per game. This year he is averaging 24.63 receiving yards.
Gamescore: 24.58
Other Notable Players
- Kevin Smalls,Jr: 20 total tackles (Gamescore: 24.00)
- Jamarie Haynes: 20 total tackles (Gamescore: 21.00)
- Ki'Lyn Gordon: 70 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 18.25)
- Devyn Jenkins: 16 total tackles (Gamescore: 17.25)
- Maurice Dawson: 44 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 16.82)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
