3A Central 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!
Dan Mahan Turns in Season-Best Effort
Williams was led to victory by Dan Mahan, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Mahan threw for 236 yards and five touchdowns while completing 91.7% of his passes, and also rushed for 147 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries.
Mahan might have his next game, a home matchup with Cedar Ridge, circled on his calendar. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Mahan saw the Fighting Red Wolves), he threw for 152 yards and four touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes, and also punched in a rushing score.
Gamescore: 70.52
A Season-Best Effort from Tyrek Samuel Leads Eastern Alamance over Cedar Ridge
On Friday, Eastern Alamance got the W thanks in part to Tyrek Samuel playing the best football he has all season. Samuel rushed for 134 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 66 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Cedar Ridge's probably not too fond of Samuel given he always seems to get the better of them. When Samuel last faced the Fighting Red Wolves back in October of 2023, he rushed for 70 yards and three touchdowns, and also picked up 83 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Gamescore: 41.20
Jayden Russo Has Career Rushing Day
Jayden Russo produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Eastern Alamance to the win on Friday. Russo rushed for 117 yards and three touchdowns, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He was no stranger to the big play, turning on the jets for a run that went for 63 yards.
For the year, Russo has run in 5 touchdowns while averaging 36.7 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had one rushing touchdown.
Gamescore: 39.80
Leontae Turner Turns in Another Game with at Least One Interceptions
On Friday, Williams got the W thanks in part to Leontae Turner playing the best football he has all season. Turner wasn't messing around, picking up a sack, forcing two fumbles, and making nine total tackles in addition to snagging an interception. The match was his third straight with one or more interceptions dating back to last season.
For the year, Turner has averaged 6.9 total tackles per game and for the season has 5 interceptions.
Gamescore: 31.00
Orange Gets a Boost from Brown in 39-22 Defeat
Rounding off our Top Five is Deandre Brown of Orange. Brown made 18 total tackles.
For the year, Brown has averaged 13.4 total tackles per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 7.88 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 25.60
Other Notable Players
- James Newton: 39 yards receiving; 76 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 24.00)
- Andrews Cruz: 78 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 23.38)
- Kristopher Rogers: 100 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 21.38)
- Jarrett Newell: 1 interception (1TD) and 5 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 21.00)
- William Overby: 77 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 20.20)
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