5A-1 Region I District 2 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!
Ryland Bradford Has Career-Day on Friday
Starting off the list is Abilene's Ryland Bradford, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. On Friday Bradford rushed for 92 yards and four touchdowns, and also picked up 158 receiving yards and a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He showed off some serious burst, cutting upfield on a catch for 58 yards.
The win was the third in a row for Abilene, bringing their record for this year to 5-2. Bradford and Abilene will square off against Lubbock at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 59.02
Campbell Stanek Turns in Season-Best Performance
Sadly, Campbell Stanek posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Coronado over Abilene on Friday. Stanek picked up 250 receiving yards and four touchdowns. He showed off some serious burst, cutting upfield on a catch for 69 yards.
Coronado is on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-6. Stanek and Coronado will be playing in front of their home fans against Caprock at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 49.58
A Season-Best Effort from Isaiah Vazquez Leads Coronado over Abilene
Sadly, Isaiah Vazquez posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Coronado over Abilene on Friday. Vazquez threw for 395 yards and five touchdowns while completing 75.9% of his passes.
On the year, Vazquez has thrown 10 touchdowns (and and only 2 pick) while averaging 180.7 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 53.14 passer rating per game. This year he is averaging 85.04 passer rating.
Gamescore: 39.13
Dunivin Made His Presence Known in Amarillo's 56-3 Victory
Jude Dunivin's rushing tear continued on Friday as he dropped his third-straight game with 134+ rushing yards. He rushed for 149 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 38 receiving yards.
The victory got Amarillo back to even at 3-3. Dunivin and Amarillo will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Coronado at 7:00 p.m. on October 24th.
Gamescore: 38.30
Allen Gant Makes It Three for Coronado
Another Coronado player making an appearance on this list is Allen Gant. He rushed for 75 yards and a touchdown.incredibly, Gant got all that yardage with just one huge run
For the season, Gant has run in 2 touchdowns while averaging 22 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging two rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 37.85
Other Notable Players
- Bryson Brown: 90 yards receiving, 3 TDs ; 1 TD rushing (Gamescore: 35.17)
- Ethan Joyner: 150 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 33.37)
- Jett Lopez: 215 yards passing; 38 yards rushing (Gamescore: 31.43)
- Tristan Beal: 209 yards passing (Gamescore: 24.13)
- Zakavian Washington: 17 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 23.50)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
