Pocket - Small School Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances from Friday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
A Season-Best Effort from Justin Leathers Leads Southridge over North Posey
On Friday, Southridge got the W thanks in part to Justin Leathers playing the best football he has all season. Leathers rushed for 177 yards and four touchdowns, and also threw for 28 yards and a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He didn't just play on offense: he also made two total tackles (1.0 for loss) and defended a pass.
The victory (which was Southridge's third in a row) raised their record to 6-2. They and Forest Park are set to duel on Friday.
Gamescore: 60.32
Big Game from Boyd As Pike Central Fell 28-21
While Pike Central might've come up empty on Friday, Grant Boyd wasn't going down without a fight. Forest Park had no answer to Boyd as he rushed for 126 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.4 yards per carry.
For the season, Boyd has averaged 18.6 receiving yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after eight games last season, he had three rushing touchdowns. This year he is already up to 12.
Gamescore: 44.07
North Posey was sadly handed a loss on Friday, but Jed Galvin did his best to prevent it. Nobody could stop Galvin as he rushed for 39 yards.
Galvin might have his next game, a road matchup with Pike Central, circled on his calendar. Galvin rushed for 187 yards and three touchdowns on only five carries the last time he and the Chargers duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 21.40
Zackery Russell Makes It Two for Southridge
Another Southridge player making an appearance on this list is Zackery Russell. He picked up 28 receiving yards and a touchdown.
On the year, Russell has caught 2 touchdowns while averaging 22.2 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 21.02
Jiles Mason Makes It Two for Pike Central
The second Pike Central player making an appearance here is Jiles Mason, and for good reason. He picked up 38 receiving yards.
For the season, Mason has averaged 19.3 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 10.71 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 19.05
Other Notable Players
- Noah Wright: 103 yards rushing (Gamescore: 18.05)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
