3A West Metro 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!
Josh Bittner Delivers Best Performance of Season
Josh Bittner produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Evergreen to the win on Thursday. Bittner rushed for 92 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries, and also threw for 92 yards and a touchdown on only eight passes. The performance marked the most rushing yards he has had since back in October of 2023. Evergreen is undefeated when Bittner posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise.
Bittner is probably looking forward to his next game, a home matchup against Skyview on Thursday. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Bittner saw the Wolverines), he rushed for 155 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries.
Gamescore: 44.08
Big Game from Mccune As Wheat Ridge Fell 49-17
While Wheat Ridge might've come up empty on Friday, Isaac Mccune wasn't going down without a fight. Nobody could stop Mccune as he rushed for 116 yards and a touchdown on only six carries, and also threw for 290 yards and a touchdown while completing 71.4% of his passes. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 78 yards.
This year, Mccune has thrown 14 touchdowns while averaging 191.3 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 38.63
Jackson Post Makes It Two for Evergreen
Another Evergreen player making an appearance on this list is Jackson Post. He picked up 74 receiving yards and a touchdown.incredibly, Post got all that yardage with just one huge grab
For the season, Post has caught 3 touchdowns while averaging 16.8 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 38.48
A Season-Best Performance from Simon Lunsford Leads Green Mountain over Wheat Ridge
On Friday, Green Mountain got the W thanks in part to Simon Lunsford playing the best football he has all season. Lunsford threw for 279 yards and four touchdowns while completing 92.9% of his passes.
The win got Green Mountain back to even at 3-3. Lunsford and Green Mountain will play host again on Friday to welcome Summit, where kickoff is scheduled at 7:00 p.m.
Gamescore: 37.20
James Mauro Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
On Thursday, Evergreen got the W thanks in part to James Mauro playing the best football he has all season. Mauro rushed for 70 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
This year, Mauro has run in those 2 touchdowns while averaging 28.5 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 0.67 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 35.05
Other Notable Players
- Bennett Wilkes: 150 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 32.50)
- Demarco Villalovas: 151 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 31.80)
- Carson Payer: 54 yards rushing, 2 TDs ; 35 yards receiving (Gamescore: 30.55)
- Carston Wolanske: 160 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.60)
- Solomon Washer: 113 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 25.30)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
