Pacific Coast - Gabilan 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!
Big Game from Whelan As Soquel Won 35-7
Starting off the list is Soquel's Sam Whelan, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Whelan rushed for six yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 150 yards and a touchdown while completing 83.3% of his passes.
The win (which was Soquel's fifth in a row) raised their record to 5-2. Whelan and Soquel will head out on the road to challenge Monterey at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 25.80
Everett Alvarez was sadly handed a defeat on Thursday, but Roman Garcia did his best to prevent it. Nobody could stop Garcia as he rushed for 55 yards, and also caught a touchdown.
Everett Alvarez is on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-5. Garcia and Everett Alvarez will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Aptos at 7:00 p.m.
Gamescore: 19.65
Gavin Mcdonald Has Career-Day on Friday
Gavin Mcdonald posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 100 yards on only 14 carries. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 58 yards.
On the year, Mcdonald has run in 2 touchdowns while averaging 34 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 2.75 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 14.40
Django Daillak Makes It Two for Soquel
Another Soquel player making an appearance on this list is Django Daillak. He picked up 38 receiving yards and a touchdown.
This year, Daillak has averaged 3.5 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 13.63
Another Game with at Least Five Total Tackles from Alan Mejia
The second Everett Alvarez player making an appearance here is Alan Mejia, and for good reason. He wasn't messing around on Thursday, making 13 total tackles. The match was his seventh straight with five or more total tackles.
On the season, Mejia has averaged 10.9 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 12.75
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