West Alameda County - Mission 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!
Maurice Hall Goes Supernova in Hayward Victory
Starting off the list is Hayward's Maurice Hall, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Hall rushed for 194 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries, and also picked up 83 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Hayward's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-4. Hall and Hayward have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome Kennedy at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 62.23
Lagios Made His Presence Known in Piedmont's 49-7 Win
Piedmont picked up their sixth consecutive win on Thursday thanks in part to Markos Lagios. Nobody could stop Lagios as he threw for 272 yards and three touchdowns on only 18 passes, and also rushed for 39 yards and a touchdown.
Lagios and Piedmont will face off against Washington at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Lagios will face off against Esean Johnson, the Huskies' star QB. With so much talent on the field, fans are surely in for an exciting game. The only thing left to see is who brings home the W.
Gamescore: 41.53
Big Game from Paongo As Hayward Won 48-20
Mateaki Paongo put up the most rushing yards he's had since back in November of 2023 on Friday. He made 14 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
On the season, Paongo has averaged 9.7 total tackles per game. It gets even more impressive: after six games last season, he was only averaging 0.83 receiving yards per game. This year he is averaging 11.33 receiving yards.
Gamescore: 38.28
Jaydyn Irving Delivers Best Performance of Season
Hayward was led to victory by Jaydyn Irving, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Irving threw for 208 yards and three touchdowns on only 17 passes.
This season, Irving has thrown 6 touchdowns while averaging 111.1 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 27.17
Other Notable Players
- Matthew Forbes: 95 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 19.00)
- Xavier Henderson: 21 yards rushing; 85 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 18.23)
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