Mid-Penn - Colonial Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances across Friday and Saturday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Aaron Angelo Delivers Best Performance of Season
East Pennsboro was led to victory by Aaron Angelo, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Saturday. Angelo rushed for 98 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries, and also picked up 51 receiving yards and a touchdown. The effort marked the most rushing yards he has had since back in August.
This year, Angelo has caught 7 touchdowns while averaging 85.8 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 1.38 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 50.45
JJ Gossard Delivers Electric Performance Vs Middletown
Another East Pennsboro player making an appearance on this list is JJ Gossard. He rushed for 87 yards and two touchdowns.
On the year, Gossard has run in 8 touchdowns while averaging 58.5 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had four rushing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 46.28
Gavin Paul Crosses Big Stat Threshold
On Saturday, Middletown had to settle for second even though Gavin Paul put up the best numbers he has all season. Paul rushed for 166 yards and two touchdowns. The performance once again pushed his average rushing yardage north of 100 yards per game (101). Those 166 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
Middletown is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-5. Paul will try to repeat (or improve) on that dominant effort when he faces off against Big Spring on Friday.
Gamescore: 39.38
Susquehanna Township Wins Fourth-Straight Thanks to Td Evans
Td Evans was instrumental in extending Susquehanna Township's winning streak to four on Friday. Evans did his part (and then some), throwing for 297 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75.9% of his passes, and also punching in a touchdown on the ground for the 'W'.
On the year, Evans has thrown 21 touchdowns (and and only 2 picks) while averaging 257.6 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 6.63 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 17.38 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 38.30
A Season-Best Performance from Keegan Barrick Leads Big Spring over Susquehanna Township
On Friday, Big Spring had to settle for second even though Keegan Barrick put up the best numbers he has all season. Barrick rushed for 78 yards and a touchdown on only five carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 70 yards.
For the year, Barrick has run in 2 touchdowns while averaging 35.8 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 0.5 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 34.60
Other Notable Players
- Lex Cyrus: 101 yards receiving, 1 TD ; 57 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 33.60)
- Grant Hall: 95 yards rushing, 1 TD ; 49 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 30.15)
- Christian Joy: 145 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.70)
- Kolton Keys: 1 interception and 10 total tackles (Gamescore: 21.42)
- Xavier Rivera: 97 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 21.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
