5A District 13 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!
Calum Fritz Has Career-Day on Friday
Starting off the list is South Fork's Calum Fritz, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. On Friday Fritz threw for 198 yards on 13 of 27 attempts, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground, good enough to also set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
South Fork's loss was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-6. Fritz and South Fork will take on Westwood at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 19.30
A Season-Best Effort from Davion Mcdonald Leads South Fork over Port St. Lucie
Sadly, Davion Mcdonald posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead South Fork over Port St. Lucie on Friday. Mcdonald picked up 1.5 sacks, made seven total tackles (2.0 for loss), and defended a pass.
This year, Mcdonald has averaged 5.6 total tackles per game and for the season has 2 sacks.
Gamescore: 19.00
Matthew Dieffenbach Turns in Season-Best Performance
South Fork came up short on Friday despite Matthew Dieffenbach delivering his best game to date. Dieffenbach picked up 0.5 sacks and made 12 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
On the season, Dieffenbach has averaged 4.7 total tackles per game and for the season has 2 sacks.
Gamescore: 17.25
Another Game with at Least Five Total Tackles from Kyrus Haston
Kyrus Haston continued his hot streak on Friday by dropping his third-straight game (dating back to last season) with at least five total tackles. He picked up a sack and made seven total tackles (2.0 for loss).
With the defeat, Martin County broke their five-game winning streak and moved their record to 5-3. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Tigers faces off against Heritage at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 16.25
Weathers Came Up Big in Westwood's 17-7 Win
Rounding off our Top Five is Joseph "EJ" Weathers of Westwood. Weathers threw for 118 yards and two touchdowns.
On the year, Weathers has thrown 9 touchdowns while averaging 207.8 passing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 113.38 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 15.67
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