Hi-Plains 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!
A Season-Best Effort from Timothy Johnson Leads Lakin over Hoisington
Sadly, Timothy Johnson posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Lakin over Hoisington on Friday. Johnson picked up 91 receiving yards and three touchdowns. He showed off some serious burst, cutting upfield on a catch for 60 yards.
This year, Johnson has caught those 3 touchdowns while averaging 15.2 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 32.60
Rider Came Up Big in Lakin's 48-31 Defeat
Keeping Johnson company is Ross Rider, a fellow Lakin player. He rushed for 119 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 54 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
On the year, Rider has caught 2 touchdowns while averaging 9.7 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he was only averaging 0.83 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 27.83
Big Game from Gonzalez As Stanton County Fell 63-14
Stanton County was sadly handed a loss on Friday, but Arihm Gonzalez did his best to prevent it. Gonzalez was dynamite, rushing for 81 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 74-yard run.
Stanton County dropped their record down to 1-5 with the defeat, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. Gonzalez and Stanton County will square off against Plainville/Natoma on Friday.
Gamescore: 27.25
While Luis Martinez delivered a dominant effort on Friday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Southwestern Heights. Martinez turned in nothing short of a gem, picking up 43 receiving yards, while also rushing for 37 yards.
Southwestern Heights is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-4. Martinez and Southwestern Heights will head out on the road to take on Cimarron at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 19.02
Angel Puentes Makes It Two for Southwestern Heights
Another Southwestern Heights player making an appearance on this list is Angel Puentes. He picked up a sack and made ten total tackles.
On the season, Puentes has averaged 6.2 total tackles per game and for the season has 2 sacks.
Gamescore: 17.25
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
