3A-2 Region IV District 15 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!
Israel Soto's Big Game Leads Karnes City over Young Men's Leadership Academy
Starting off the list is Karnes City's Israel Soto, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Soto rushed for 147 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
This season, Soto has averaged 18.8 receiving yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 20.5 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 67.83 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 52.57
Raishaun Conaway Turns in Season-Best Effort
On Friday, Young Men's Leadership Academy had to settle for second even though Raishaun Conaway put up the best numbers he has all season. Conaway rushed for 169 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.0 yards per carry. He's now once again averaging 100+ rushing yards (103.7) per game. He was no stranger to the big play, turning on the jets for a run that went for 51 yards.
Young Men's Leadership Academy is on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-5. Conaway and Young Men's Leadership Academy will welcome Nixon-Smiley at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 37.68
A Season-Best Effort from Garet Gonzales Leads Nixon-Smiley over Natalia
Garet Gonzales produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Nixon-Smiley to the win on Friday. Gonzales rushed for 98 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries, and also picked up 32 receiving yards and a touchdown. Nixon-Smiley is 2-1 when Gonzales posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 0-3 otherwise.
This year, Gonzales has run in 4 touchdowns while averaging 71.7 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 36.88
Nixon-Thompson Posts Huge Game in 48-15 Victory
Another Karnes City player making an appearance on this list is Savion Nixon-Thompson. He rushed for 52 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 90 yards and a touchdown.
For the season, Nixon-Thompson has thrown 7 touchdowns while averaging 110.3 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 28.75
A Constellation of Stars for Karnes City
Another Karnes City player making an appearance on this list is Andrew Crow. He picked up 63 receiving yards and a touchdown. The bulk of those receiving yards came from one huge play: a catch that gained an incredible 56 yards.
This season, Crow has caught 5 touchdowns while averaging 53.8 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 25.42
Other Notable Players
- Jaylun Rodriguez: 0.5 sacks and 11 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 20.25)
- Trenton Gordon: 105 yards rushing (Gamescore: 19.60)
- Coy Gann: 58 yards receiving; 65 yards rushing (Gamescore: 17.93)
- Major Luna: 193 yards passing (Gamescore: 17.37)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
