Super - National Red 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!
A Season-Best Performance from Stephen Paradiso Leads Cedar Grove over Glen Ridge
Cedar Grove was led to victory by Stephen Paradiso, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Paradiso threw for 337 yards and two touchdowns while completing 71.1% of his passes, and also rushed for 61 yards and two touchdowns.
Glen Ridge had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Paradiso it was a similar story. When Paradiso last faced the Ridgers back in September of 2023, he threw for 222 yards and six touchdowns.
Gamescore: 42.77
Jayden Nigro Has Career Rushing Day
Verona was led to victory by Jayden Nigro, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Nigro rushed for 138 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.1 yards per carry, and also picked up 75 receiving yards and a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He was no stranger to the big play, turning on the jets for a run that went for 52 yards.
The victory (which was Verona's fourth in a row) raised their record to 6-1. Nigro will have a chance to log another big game when he takes on Glen Ridge on Saturday.
Gamescore: 42.13
Cedar Grove Wins Seventh-Straight Thanks to Connor Kerney
Connor Kerney was instrumental in extending Cedar Grove's winning streak to seven on Friday. Kerney rushed for 68 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. We marked that as the best he's had all season, even better than his effort back in September.
For the season, Kerney has run in 3 touchdowns while averaging 17.3 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 7.86 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 40.75
Gianluca Checchetto Makes It Two for Verona
The second Verona player making an appearance here is Gianluca Checchetto, and for good reason. He picked up 67 receiving yards and a touchdown. He showed off some serious burst, connecting on a big catch for 59 yards.
On the year, Checchetto has caught 2 touchdowns while averaging 19.1 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he had one receiving touchdown.
Gamescore: 28.12
Maisano Made His Presence Known in Verona's 26-13 Victory
Another Verona player making an appearance on this list is Bodie Maisano. He rushed for 120 yards. He showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 55 yards.
On the year, Maisano has averaged 94.4 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 25.68
Other Notable Players
- Connor Demasi: 157 yards passing; 25 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 23.37)
- Nick Russo: 101 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 18.18)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
