Central California Conference Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances from Thursday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Siena Freitas Has Career-Day on Thursday
Starting off the list is Los Banos's Siena Freitas, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. On Thursday Freitas picked up 63 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 33 yards, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
Los Banos has been struggling recently as they've lost 11 of their last 12 games, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-13 record this season. Freitas and Los Banos will venture away from home to challenge Atwater at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Gamescore: 51.17
Antonia Lejarde's Big Game Leads Merced over Buhach Colony
Antonia Lejarde posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Thursday. She threw for 253 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.8% of her passes, and also rushed for 53 yards and a touchdown. She has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last six times she's played.
Unfortunately for Buhach Colony, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Lejarde. Lejarde threw for 342 yards and six touchdowns, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground the last time she and the Thunder duked it out on October 1st.
Gamescore: 38.47
El Capitan Gets a Boost from Ochoa in 28-20 Win
Ariel Ochoa was a major factor in El Capitan's win over Los Banos on Thursday. Ochoa did her part (and then some), throwing for 352 yards and four touchdowns while completing 80.4% of her passes for the 'W'.
If history really does repeat itself, Ochoa might just drop another big game when she faces off against Merced on Thursday. When Ochoa last faced the Bears two weeks ago, she threw for 280 yards and five touchdowns while completing 81% of her passes.
Gamescore: 33.87
Shantelle Magana Makes It Two for El Capitan
Another El Capitan player making an appearance on this list is Shantelle Magana. She picked up 79 receiving yards and a touchdown.
If history really does repeat itself, Magana might just drop another big game when she faces off against Merced on Thursday. Two weeks ago (the last time Magana saw the Bears), she picked up 91 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Gamescore: 32.40
Perez Came Up Big in Merced's 42-12 Win
Ryann Perez put up the most rushing yards she's had since back in September on Thursday. She picked up 38 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 52 yards on only six carries.
On the year, Perez has caught 16 touchdowns while averaging 46.7 receiving yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, she was only averaging 11.92 rushing yards per game. This year she is averaging 25.46 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 24.22
Other Notable Players
- Bree Pimentel: 44 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 17.07)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
