3A 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!
A Season-Best Performance from Sawyer Wald Leads Lutheran over Standley Lake
Sawyer Wald produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Lutheran to the win on Thursday. Wald rushed for 266 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 13.3 yards per carry. Thanks to that strong showing, he's now averaging 2.2 rushing touchdowns per game. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Lutheran's win was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-1. Wald's next contest is against Hinkley on Thursday, where he'll look to repeat that solid performance.
Gamescore: 75.20
Boston Harris Delivers Best Performance of Season
On Thursday, Standley Lake had to settle for second even though Boston Harris put up the best numbers he has all season. Harris picked up 168 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Standley Lake dropped their record down to 2-4 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road. Harris and Standley Lake will challenge Littleton at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 40.57
Liam Graham Goes Supernova in Standley Lake Loss
Another Standley Lake player making an appearance on this list is Liam Graham. He rushed for 104 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries, and also picked up 56 receiving yards. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 84 yards.
On the year, Graham has run in 7 touchdowns while averaging 110.3 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he was only averaging 54.83 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 30.23
Xavier Agosto was a major factor in Kennedy's victory over Hinkley on Friday. Nobody could stop Agosto as he rushed for 26 yards and two touchdowns. He also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, picking up a sack and making three total tackles.
Kennedy's win ended a nine-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-4. Agosto and Kennedy are taking a road trip to face off against Holy Family at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 21.85
Urijah Garcia Makes It Two for Kennedy
Another Kennedy player making an appearance on this list is Urijah Garcia. He made nine total tackles (5.0 for loss).
For the season, Garcia has averaged 5.3 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 20.50
Other Notable Players
- Teagan Leighton: 24 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 19.90)
- Marcelis Allen: 103 yards passing (Gamescore: 17.57)
- Jack Wesolowski: 47 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 17.20)
- Isaac Trujillo: 78 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 16.80)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
