2A Greater St. Helens 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 Andersen Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Woodland was led to victory by Elijah Andersen, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Andersen rushed for 144 yards and four touchdowns on only nine carries, and also threw for 166 yards and three touchdowns while completing 72.2% of his passes. Thanks to that strong showing, he's now averaging 2.1 rushing touchdowns per game. He is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in three or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
Andersen must have Hudson's Bay's number; he was a force to be reckoned with the last time he faced them too. Andersen rushed for 237 yards and five touchdowns on only 15 carries the last time he and the Eagles duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 76.47
Big Game from Franco As Washougal Won 28-0
Winning always takes teamwork, but on Friday Elijah Franco stepped things up a notch to give Washougal the 'W'. Franco was dynamite, making seven total tackles (3.0 for loss) and defending three passes. He also punched in two rushing touchdowns, which is notable because Washougal is 3-1 when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise.
Washougal now has a winning record of 4-3. Franco and Washougal will venture away from home to take on Columbia River at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 62.35
Ben Kellar Makes It Two for Washougal
Keeping Franco company is Ben Kellar, a fellow Washougal player. He rushed for 33 yards.
This year, Kellar has averaged 35.1 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.62
A Season-Best Effort from Hunter Miller Leads Washougal over R.A. Long
Washougal was led to victory by Hunter Miller, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Miller rushed for 124 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.3 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. Washougal is 3-1 when Miller posts 80 or more rushing yards, but 1-2 otherwise.
This year, Miller has run in those 1 touchdown while averaging 32 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 2.86 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 25.58
Chase Hall Delivers Best Performance of Season
On Friday, Woodland got the W thanks in part to Chase Hall playing the best football he has all season. Hall picked up 75 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
For the year, Hall has caught 3 touchdowns while averaging 23.9 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 21.25
Other Notable Players
- Seth Popp: 17 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 20.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
