6A Desert Valley 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!
Big Game from Cornell As Boulder Creek Won 42-14
Starting off the list is Boulder Creek's Karsten Cornell, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Cornell rushed for 126 yards and two touchdowns, and also picked up 55 receiving yards.
On the season, Cornell has averaged 56.7 receiving yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after nine games last season, he was only averaging 39.78 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 70.22 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 37.33
Everett Stano Makes It Two for Boulder Creek
Keeping Cornell company is Everett Stano, a fellow Boulder Creek player. He threw for 150 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 91 yards on only 12 carries.
This season, Stano has thrown 18 touchdowns while averaging 217.2 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 12.25 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 74.75 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 36.80
A Season-Best Effort from Michael Cruz Leads Shadow Ridge over Valley Vista
On Friday, Shadow Ridge got the W thanks in part to Michael Cruz playing the best football he has all season. Cruz rushed for 108 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an impressive 54 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
On the year, Cruz has averaged 19.4 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 32.05
Max Cauley's Rushing Yards a New Career-High
On Friday, Shadow Ridge got the W thanks in part to Max Cauley playing the best football he has all season. Cauley rushed for 112 yards and two touchdowns, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He is becoming a predictor of Shadow Ridge's success: when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns the team is 2-1 (and 0-7 when he doesn't).
On the season, Cauley has run in 4 touchdowns while averaging 66.7 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he had one rushing touchdown.
Gamescore: 27.58
Joey Longo Delivers Electric Performance Vs Chaparral
Another Boulder Creek player making an appearance on this list is Joey Longo. He picked up 80 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
On the year, Longo has caught 8 touchdowns while averaging 39.1 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.42
Other Notable Players
- Xander Rennie: 1 sack and 12 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 23.00)
- Matthew Born: 2 sacks and 7 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 19.50)
- Ian Cox: 1 interception, 8 total tackles (1.0 for loss), and 1 forced fumble (Gamescore: 19.40)
- Ethan Fernandez: 109 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 18.68)
- Cash Shope: 8 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 18.50)
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