Channel 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!
Cooper Cronquist Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Cooper Cronquist produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Moorpark to the win on Friday. Cronquist picked up 254 receiving yards and three touchdowns. The performance once again pushed his average receiving yardage north of 100 yards per game (112.4). He really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 79 yards.
Moorpark pushed their record up to 6-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. Cronquist will try to repeat (or improve) on that dominant performance when he faces off against Royal on Friday.
Gamescore: 44.32
Luke Eldridge Turns in Season-Best Performance
Moorpark was led to victory by Luke Eldridge, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Eldridge threw for 339 yards and four touchdowns while completing 84% of his passes.
This season, Eldridge has thrown 11 touchdowns while averaging 175 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 43.50
A Season-Best Effort from Tillman Lovett Leads Oak Park over Buena
Oak Park was led to victory by Tillman Lovett, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Lovett threw for 298 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes.
For the season, Lovett has thrown 22 touchdowns while averaging 207.9 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 32.25 passer rating per game. This year he is averaging 130.65 passer rating.
Gamescore: 38.67
Oliver Gonzalez Makes It Two for Oak Park
Another Oak Park player making an appearance on this list is Oliver Gonzalez. He rushed for 145 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries, and also picked up 31 receiving yards and a touchdown.
On the year, Gonzalez has caught 5 touchdowns while averaging 56.6 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 38.67
Derek Garcia's Big Game Leads Ventura over Royal
Rounding off our Top Five is Derek Garcia of Ventura. Garcia threw for 198 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 33 yards. He has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last three times he's played.
The win (which was Ventura's third in a row) raised their record to 5-3. Garcia and Ventura will face off against Oak Park at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 32.40
Other Notable Players
- Josh Woodworth: 120 yards receiving, 3 TDs (Gamescore: 30.33)
- Nico Mastrippolito: 124 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 23.90)
- Isaac Thomas: 2 sacks and 7 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 21.00)
- Gage Kushner: 60 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 19.60)
- Davis Benson: 1 interception and 10 total tackles (Gamescore: 17.75)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
