5A Division I 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!
Elijah Espinoza Delivers Best Performance of Season
Liberty was led to victory by Elijah Espinoza, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Espinoza threw for 222 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.6 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 37 yards and a touchdown. The effort marked the most rushing yards he has had since back in August.
For the year, Espinoza has thrown 5 touchdowns while averaging 131 passing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after five games last season, he was only averaging 15 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 34.50
Isaiah Te'O put up the most rushing yards he's had since back in August on Friday. He rushed for 72 yards.
Desert Pines is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-7. Te'O's next game is against Bishop Gorman on Thursday, where he'll look to repeat that solid effort.
Gamescore: 31.85
Ocean Taufa Turns in Season-Best Effort
Bishop Gorman was led to victory by Ocean Taufa, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Taufa made 11 total tackles (7.0 for loss).
Bishop Gorman's victory was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-1. Taufa will try to repeat (or improve) on that dominant performance when he faces off against Desert Pines on Thursday.
Gamescore: 30.50
A Season-Best Performance from Prince Williams Leads Bishop Gorman over Basic
Prince Williams produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Bishop Gorman to the win on Friday. Williams made seven total tackles (6.0 for loss).
For the year, Williams has averaged 5.7 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 22.50
Other Notable Players
- Giovanni Criss: 73 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 19.55)
- Maika Eugenio: 136 yards passing (Gamescore: 18.47)
- Lawrence Taylor: 2 interception and 3 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 18.00)
- Aizen Torres: 112 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 17.37)
- Braxton Bonnett: 155 yards receiving (Gamescore: 17.33)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
