3A West Metro Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances in games played on Thursday and Friday (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Josh Bittner Delivers Best Effort of Season
Josh Bittner produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Evergreen to the win on Thursday. Bittner rushed for 92 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries, and also threw for 92 yards and a touchdown on only eight passes. The effort marked the most rushing yards he has had since back in October of 2023. He has become a key player for Evergreen: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise.
Bittner might have his next game, a home matchup with Skyview, circled on his calendar. Bittner rushed for 155 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries the last time he and the Wolverines duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 44.08
Mccune Posts Huge Game in 49-17 Defeat
Wheat Ridge had to settle for second on Friday, but Isaac Mccune sure wasn't going down easily. Despite the loss, Mccune was still balling out as he rushed for 116 yards and a touchdown on only six carries, and also threw for 290 yards and a touchdown while completing 71.4% of his passes. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 78 yards.
This season, Mccune has thrown 14 touchdowns while averaging 191.3 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 38.63
Jackson Post Makes It Two for Evergreen
The second Evergreen player making an appearance here is Jackson Post, and for good reason. He picked up 74 receiving yards and a touchdown.all of that, receiving production came thanks to one massive catch
For the year, Post has caught 3 touchdowns while averaging 16.8 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 38.48
A Season-Best Performance from Simon Lunsford Leads Green Mountain over Wheat Ridge
On Friday, Green Mountain got the W thanks in part to Simon Lunsford playing the best football he has all season. Lunsford threw for 279 yards and four touchdowns while completing 92.9% of his passes.
The win got Green Mountain back to even at 3-3. Lunsford and Green Mountain will stay at home for another week and welcome Summit at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 37.20
James Mauro Has Career-Day on Thursday
Evergreen was led to victory by James Mauro, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Mauro rushed for 70 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
On the season, Mauro has run in those 2 touchdowns while averaging 28.5 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 0.67 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 35.05
Other Notable Players
- Bennett Wilkes: 150 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 32.50)
- Demarco Villalovas: 151 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 31.80)
- Carson Payer: 54 yards rushing, 2 TDs ; 35 yards receiving (Gamescore: 30.55)
- Carston Wolanske: 160 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.60)
- Solomon Washer: 113 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 25.30)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
