5A Region 6 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!
Lote Sotele's Big Game Leads West over East
Starting off the list is West's Lote Sotele, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Sotele rushed for 203 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.5 yards per carry, and also picked up 60 receiving yards and a touchdown. Sotele is crushing it when it comes to rushing yards: he's rushed for at least 154 every time he's taken the field this season.
The victory (which was West's third in a row) raised their record to 5-4. Sotele and West will challenge Brighton at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Gamescore: 61.42
Tucker Brown Turns in Season-Best Effort
Tucker Brown produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Alta to the win on Thursday. Brown threw for 325 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 13.0 yards per attempt, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground, good enough to also set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
On the year, Brown has thrown 21 touchdowns while averaging 249.7 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 48.57
Lopati Posts Huge Game in 48-19 Victory
Another West player making an appearance on this list is Kamden Lopati. He threw for 318 yards and two touchdowns while completing 72% of his passes, and also rushed for 60 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. His passing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 318 passing yards dating back to last season.
For the year, Lopati has thrown 25 touchdowns (and and only 4 picks) while averaging 335 passing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after nine games last season, he was only averaging 11.78 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 44.30
Alex Degroot Delivers Best Performance of Season
Brighton was led to victory by Alex Degroot, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Degroot threw for 290 yards and four touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes.
Brighton's victory was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-1. Degroot and Brighton will stay at home for another week and welcome West at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Gamescore: 35.13
A Season-Best Effort from Kisi Fonua Leads West over East
Kisi Fonua produced his most outstanding game to date while leading West to the win on Thursday. Fonua picked up three sacks and made eight total tackles (5.0 for loss).
This season, Fonua has averaged 3 total tackles per game and for the season has 5 sacks.
Gamescore: 32.50
Other Notable Players
- Matt Mckea: 158 yards receiving, 1 TD ; 1 TD rushing (Gamescore: 29.67)
- Lava Vailahi: 14 total tackles (Gamescore: 29.50)
- Cash Gay: 139 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 26.40)
- Takeshi Savery: 2 sacks and 8 total tackles (4.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 25.75)
- Louie Hamilton: 95 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 23.08)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
