4A Gila 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!
William Thwaits Has Career Rushing Day
Starting off the list is Sahuarita's William Thwaits, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. On Friday Thwaits picked up a sack and made five total tackles, good enough to also set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He didn't just play on offense: he also picked up a sack and made five total tackles.
Sahuarita's victory ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-3. Thwaits and Sahuarita will challenge Rio Rico at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 34.00
Fuangunyi Made His Presence Known in Empire's 20-12 Defeat
While Ngonkra Fuangunyi delivered a dominant effort on Friday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Empire. Fuangunyi was dynamite, rushing for 132 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 51 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
On the season, Fuangunyi has run in 5 touchdowns while averaging 124.8 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he was only averaging 56.17 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 30.58
Manga Eselle Delivers Best Performance of Season
Sadly, Manga Eselle posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Empire over Sahuarita on Friday. Eselle picked up 102 receiving yards and a touchdown. He got the majority of those receiving yards when he pulled down a pass and took off for a gain of 65 yards.
For the season, Eselle has caught 4 touchdowns while averaging 41.5 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 24.45
Alden Fox Makes It Two for Sahuarita
Another Sahuarita player making an appearance on this list is Alden Fox. He made five total tackles (1.0 for loss).
This year, Fox has averaged 3.6 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 18.87
Big Game from Espinoza As Amphitheater Fell 35-14
Rounding off our Top Five is Jacob Espinoza of Amphitheater. Espinoza rushed for 79 yards and a touchdown.
On the season, Espinoza has run in 4 touchdowns while averaging 54.5 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had one rushing touchdown.
Gamescore: 16.28
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