Trans Valley 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!
Carson Medina Turns in Season-Best Performance
Escalon was led to victory by Carson Medina, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Medina rushed for 83 yards and a touchdown, and also caught a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
For the year, Medina has run in those 1 touchdown while averaging 23.7 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 0.57 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 36.43
Big Game from Ellerd As Hilmar Fell 28-19
While Merek Ellerd delivered a dominant performance on Friday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Hilmar. Nobody could stop Ellerd as he rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries, and also threw for 79 yards and a touchdown.
Hilmar has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-4 record this season. Ellerd and Hilmar will be playing in front of their home fans against Hughson at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 30.17
Anden Ries Dazzles in Ripon Victory
Ripon (460) came into Friday's matchup against Sonora (191) with a disadvantage in the MaxPreps California Rankings, but Anden Ries wasn't bothered. Nobody could stop Ries on Friday as he rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in September of 2023.
On the season, Ries has run in those 2 touchdowns while averaging 90.3 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 28.80
Amos Cady Rounds Out Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Amos Cady of Ripon Christian. Cady picked up 61 receiving yards, and also rushed for 54 yards.
This year, Cady has averaged 44.4 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 6.14 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.28
Other Notable Players
- Caden Bailey: 125 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 26.20)
- Logan Huebner: 97 yards passing; 22 yards rushing (Gamescore: 23.47)
- Lawson Aviles: 2 interception (1TD) and 2 total tackles (Gamescore: 22.12)
- Robert Mcdaniel: 145 yards passing (Gamescore: 15.17)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
