1A Frontier Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances across Friday and Saturday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
A Season-Best Performance from Machaon Puga Leads Prospect Ridge Academy over Platte Canyon
Prospect Ridge Academy was led to victory by Machaon Puga, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Saturday. Puga picked up 85 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 130 yards. He torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 85 yards.
On the year, Puga has averaged 87.7 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 2.43 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 37.88
Dante Vigil and Co. Win Seventh in a Row
Dante Vigil was instrumental in extending Forge Christian's winning streak to seven on Friday. Flatirons Academy had no answer to Vigil as he made 13 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Forge Christian's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-0. Vigil and Forge Christian will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Platte Canyon at 7:00 p.m. on October 25th.
Gamescore: 37.68
Carter Hogsett Has Career-Day on Saturday
On Saturday, Platte Canyon had to settle for second even though Carter Hogsett put up the best numbers he has all season. Hogsett rushed for 234 yards while picking up 8.1 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 52 yards.
This season, Hogsett has averaged 17.5 receiving yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after six games last season, he was only averaging 0.83 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 72.5 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 31.88
Strange Made His Presence Known in Forge Christian's 42-0 Victory
Sullivan Strange's big game helped extend Forge Christian's winning streak to seven on Friday. Strange was dynamite, throwing for 159 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 passes.
On the season, Strange has thrown 18 touchdowns while averaging 163 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 22.86 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 49.71 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 28.50
Forge Christian Wins Seventh-Straight Thanks to Euli Tafoya
Forge Christian picked up their seventh consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Euli Tafoya. Flatirons Academy had no answer to Tafoya as he rushed for 72 yards and a touchdown on only six carries.
For the year, Tafoya has run in 5 touchdowns while averaging 92.6 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 18.75
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
