Western 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 Effort from Casyn Hopping Leads Lathrop over Johansen
Casyn Hopping produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Lathrop to the win on Friday. Hopping picked up three sacks, forced a fumble, and made 12 total tackles (5.0 for loss).
Lathrop pushed their record up to 6-1 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. Hopping and Lathrop will venture away from home to take on Livingston at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 42.50
Adrian Hernandez Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Livingston was led to victory by Adrian Hernandez, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Hernandez rushed for 149 yards and two touchdowns. He's now once again averaging 100+ rushing yards (106.5) per game. Those 149 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
On the year, Hernandez has run in 4 touchdowns while averaging 106.5 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 6.5 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 38.00
Ricardo Partida Turns in Season-Best Effort
On Friday, Livingston got the W thanks in part to Ricardo Partida playing the best football he has all season. Partida rushed for 81 yards and two touchdowns. Livingston is 3-1 when Partida posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise.
This year, Partida has run in 5 touchdowns while averaging 36 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 31.75
Pablo Pe?a Makes It Two for Lathrop
The second Lathrop player making an appearance here is Pablo Pe?a, and for good reason. He wasn't messing around on Friday, making 11 total tackles (1.0 for loss). The matchup was his fourth straight with two or more rushing touchdowns dating back to last season.
On the year, Pe?a has averaged 8.1 total tackles per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 53.29 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 80.86 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 31.40
Miguel Olvera Deanda Delivers Best Performance of Season
On Friday, Grace Davis got the W thanks in part to Miguel Olvera Deanda playing the best football he has all season. Olvera Deanda picked up 46 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Grace Davis now has a winning record of 4-3. Olvera Deanda and Grace Davis will challenge Ceres at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 31.27
Other Notable Players
- Ezekiel Suarez: 131 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 26.20)
- Treydon Santos: 74 yards rushing; 1 TD receiving (Gamescore: 24.10)
- Chris Munoz: 1 interception and 10 total tackles (Gamescore: 18.50)
- Sean Teu: 1 sack and 7 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 18.45)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
