6A Region I District 7 Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances in games played on Thursday and Friday (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Blake Bates Delivers Best Effort of Season
Pearce was led to victory by Blake Bates, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Bates rushed for 70 yards and two touchdowns, and also picked up 80 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Pearce's win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-2. Bates and Pearce will square off against Richardson at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 39.53
Casagrande Made His Presence Known in Pearce's 63-27 Win
Another Pearce player making an appearance on this list is Andrew Casagrande. He rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns. He is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
On the year, Casagrande has run in 8 touchdowns while averaging 96.8 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 33.60
Presley Harper Makes It Three for Pearce
Another Pearce player making an appearance on this list is Presley Harper. He threw for 224 yards and three touchdowns while completing 84.2% of his passes.
Harper must have Irving's number; he was a force to be reckoned with the last time he faced them too. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Harper saw the Tigers), he threw for 390 yards and six touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes.
Gamescore: 28.03
Big Game from Peters As Dallas Jesuit Fell 38-10
Dallas Jesuit was sadly handed a defeat on Thursday, but Charlie Peters did his best to prevent it. Peters turned in nothing short of a gem, throwing for 221 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 55 yards.
For the season, Peters has thrown 13 touchdowns while averaging 192.2 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 12.83 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 42.83 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 20.13
Other Notable Players
- Ke'Sean Price: 2 sacks and 6 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 19.50)
- Rolando King: 1 sack, 1 interception (1TD), and 5 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 19.50)
- Jett Hamby: 69 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 19.23)
- Nate Kinder: 1 interception and 9 total tackles (Gamescore: 17.00)
- Henry Bourret: 63 yards receiving, 1 TD ; 27 yards rushing (Gamescore: 15.87)
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