Delta 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!
Xzavior Guess' Big Game Leads El Modena over Trabuco Hills
Xzavior Guess's big game helped extend El Modena's winning streak to six on Thursday. Nobody could stop Guess as he rushed for 108 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries, and also threw for 224 yards and a touchdown while completing 83.3% of his passes.
El Modena pushed their record up to 6-0 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. Guess and El Modena will head out to square off against Western at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 46.93
Big Game from Acosta As Capistrano Valley Won 35-25
Tommy Acosta's big game helped extend Capistrano Valley's winning streak to three on Friday. Acosta was unstoppable, throwing for 390 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.2 yards per attempt, and also punching in a rushing score.
Capistrano Valley's win was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-1. Acosta and Capistrano Valley will head out to square off against Cypress at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 46.00
Essis Made His Presence Known in Tustin's 37-7 Victory
Winning always takes teamwork, but on Friday Eimesse Essis stepped things up a notch to give Tustin the 'W'. Nobody could stop Essis as he rushed for 186 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.5 yards per carry, and also picked up 44 receiving yards.
Cypress's probably not too fond of Essis given he always seems to get the better of them. Essis rushed for 135 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.9 yards per carry the last time he and the Centurions duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 39.05
Western Comes Up Short Despite Huge Game from Underclassman Chance Thomas
It was an underclassman who stole the show on Friday as Chance Thomas came into the matchup on a mission. Despite the loss, he was still balling out as he threw for 331 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.4 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 43 yards.
On the year, Thomas has thrown 8 touchdowns (and no picks) while averaging 220.7 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 36.37
Maxwell Young Goes Supernova in Western Defeat
Another Western player making an appearance on this list is Maxwell Young. He picked up 200 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 80 yards.
Gamescore: 35.00
Other Notable Players
- Hudson Campbell: 128 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 29.72)
- Brodie Hitchens: 76 yards rushing (Gamescore: 29.43)
- Alex Kiernan: 173 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 29.22)
- Reily Walker: 14 total tackles (Gamescore: 24.88)
- Kaden Hunter: 86 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 21.02)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
