5A-2 Region I District 4 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!
Pharell Brown Turns in Season-Best Effort
Pharell Brown produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Anna to the win on Friday. Brown rushed for 278 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 13.2 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 66 yards.
The victory was the sixth in a row for Anna, bringing their record for this year to 7-3. Brown and Anna will host Colleyville Heritage at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 65.20
Big Game from Newton As Walnut Grove Won 64-33
Walnut Grove picked up their third consecutive win on Thursday thanks in part to Cameron Newton. Independence had no answer to Newton as he rushed for 158 yards and three touchdowns, and also picked up 34 receiving yards and a touchdown. Newton was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 63 yards.
Walnut Grove's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-1. Newton and Walnut Grove will take on Seguin at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 57.57
Hayes Hackney Goes Supernova in Walnut Grove Victory
Another Walnut Grove player making an appearance on this list is Hayes Hackney. He threw for 258 yards and five touchdowns while completing 81% of his passes. He has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last three times he's played.
This season, Hackney has thrown 34 touchdowns (and and only 4 picks) while averaging 283.6 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 44.50
Ben Adams Delivers Best Performance of Season
Ben Adams produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Lovejoy to the win on Friday. Adams rushed for 169 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries, and also picked up 30 receiving yards, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He has become a key player for Lovejoy: the team is 6-1 when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise.
On the year, Adams has averaged 21.2 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 43.77
Logan Murindagomo's Rushing Yards a New Career-High
On Thursday, Independence had to settle for second even though Logan Murindagomo put up the best numbers he has all season. Murindagomo rushed for 161 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.1 yards per carry, and also threw for 126 yards on 12 of 34 attempts, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
On the year, Murindagomo has averaged 130.4 passing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after ten games last season, he was only averaging 9.6 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 42.70
Other Notable Players
- Ziondre Williams: 161 yards passing; 47 yards rushing (Gamescore: 37.33)
- Jacob Richard Janecek: 228 yards passing; 1 TD rushing (Gamescore: 29.20)
- Kevin Magee: 2 sacks, 8 total tackles (2.0 for loss), and 1 forced fumble (Gamescore: 25.00)
- Zaiden Crain: 91 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 21.43)
- Luke Watkins: 83 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 20.88)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
