5A Division III Southern Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances from Thursday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Khy Harris Turns in Season-Best Effort
Khy Harris produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Centennial to the win on Thursday. Harris rushed for 141 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.3 yards per carry, and also picked up 59 receiving yards, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 59 yards.
Centennial has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 3-5 record this season. Harris and Centennial will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Las Vegas at 6:00 p.m. on October 24th.
Gamescore: 51.47
Ashton Hunt's Rushing Yards a New Career-High
Centennial was led to victory by Ashton Hunt, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Hunt threw for 371 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.0 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 35 yards, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He is becoming a predictor of Centennial's success: when he posts at least three passing touchdowns the team is 3-1 (and 0-4 when he doesn't).
This season, Hunt has thrown 9 touchdowns (and and only 1 picks) while averaging 112.5 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 41.23
Las Vegas found a leader in Christopher Boddy Jr as the team took down Sunrise Mountain on Thursday. Boddy Jr turned in nothing short of a gem, making seven total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Las Vegas has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. Boddy Jr and Las Vegas will challenge Durango at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 31.60
Vibabul Came Up Big in Las Vegas' 36-22 Victory
Another Las Vegas player making an appearance on this list is Tanner Vibabul. He threw for 178 yards and a touchdown on only 13 passes, and also rushed for 60 yards on only seven carries.
For the season, Vibabul has thrown 14 touchdowns while averaging 160.4 passing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he had four passing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 20.27
Xander Mackey Makes It Three for Las Vegas
Another Las Vegas player making an appearance on this list is Xander Mackey. He picked up 56 receiving yards and a touchdown.all of that, receiving production came thanks to one massive catch
This season, Mackey has caught 2 touchdowns while averaging 20.8 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 18.18
Other Notable Players
- Ethan Markos: 101 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 16.52)
- Jayden "Jet" Thomas: 33 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 15.55)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps