Southwest Yosemite - River 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!
Logan Slaton Earns League's Top Spot
Starting off the list is Frontier's Logan Slaton, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Slaton rushed for 19 yards and two touchdowns.
Frontier now has a losing record at 3-4. Slaton and Frontier will take on Garces Memorial at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 45.60
Jalen Murphy Crosses Big Stat Threshold
On Thursday, Liberty got the W thanks in part to Jalen Murphy playing the best football he has all season. Murphy rushed for 252 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.5 yards per carry. The performance once again pushed his average rushing yardage north of 100 yards per game (118.1). Those 252 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
For the year, Murphy has run in 7 touchdowns while averaging 118.1 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 18.86 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 42.98
Froehlich Came Up Big in Garces Memorial's 19-14 Defeat
While Garces Memorial might've come up empty on Friday, Jack Froehlich wasn't going down without a fight. Stockdale had no answer to Froehlich as he picked up 1.5 sacks, forced a fumble, and made 12 total tackles (5.0 for loss).
Garces Memorial is on an eight-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-7. Froehlich will try to repeat (or improve) on that dominant performance when he faces off against Frontier on Friday.
Gamescore: 35.75
Isaiah Lefotu Delivers Best Performance of Season
On Friday, Garces Memorial had to settle for second even though Isaiah Lefotu put up the best numbers he has all season. Lefotu picked up 2.5 sacks, forced two fumbles, and made eight total tackles (5.0 for loss).
For the season, Lefotu has averaged 2.9 total tackles per game and for the season has those 2.5 sacks.
Gamescore: 34.75
Nate Young's Big Game Leads Stockdale over Garces Memorial
Nate Young helped snap Stockdale's five-game losing streak. Young did his part (and then some), picking up two sacks and making six total tackles (3.0 for loss) for the 'W'.
On the year, Young has averaged 6 total tackles per game and for the season has 3 sacks.
Gamescore: 29.83
Other Notable Players
- Nate Espericueta: 2 sacks and 7 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 21.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
