4A Soco 2 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!
Gabriel Mcfarland Delivers Best Effort of Season
Gabriel Mcfarland produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Vista Ridge to the win on Thursday. Mcfarland rushed for 218 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.8 yards per carry. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 75-yard run.
For the year, Mcfarland has run in 8 touchdowns while averaging 126.7 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 56.88
Avier Elvira's Rushing Yards a New Career-High
Palmer Ridge was led to victory by Avier Elvira, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Elvira rushed for 169 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an impressive 59 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Air Academy had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Elvira it was a similar story. When Elvira last faced the Kadets back in October of 2023, he rushed for 134 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries.
Gamescore: 46.20
Air Academy had to settle for second on Friday, but Jackson Schmadeka sure wasn't going down easily. Palmer Ridge had no answer to Schmadeka as he picked up 80 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 75 yards. Schmadeka also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up a sack and making four total tackles.
This season, Schmadeka has caught 3 touchdowns while averaging 29.3 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 5.5 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 32.78
Cully Feeney and Co. Win Fourth in a Row
Cully Feeney's big game helped extend Durango's winning streak to four on Friday. Feeney turned in nothing short of a gem, throwing for 198 yards and two touchdowns on only 16 passes, while also rushing for 55 yards and a touchdown.
This season, Feeney has thrown 10 touchdowns while averaging 155 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 3.5 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 52.83 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 32.60
Stevens Made His Presence Known in Vista Ridge's 54-35 Win
Another Vista Ridge player making an appearance on this list is Zayden Stevens. He threw for 160 yards and four touchdowns.
Stevens and Vista Ridge will look to defend their home field on Friday against Rampart at 7:00 p.m. The Wolves had to take a loss when they last met the Rams, but Stevens had little to do with the loss: he threw for 147 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 92 yards on only nine carries. Can he match (or beat) that performance?
Gamescore: 26.07
Other Notable Players
- Wyatt Bartel: 1 interception, 11 total tackles (2.0 for loss), and 1 forced fumble (Gamescore: 25.75)
- Ben Fernengel: 125 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 24.48)
- Jackson Mabe: 51 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 20.60)
- Jamir Ford: 70 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 18.62)
- Sebastian Tripp: 98 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 16.13)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
