4A District 3 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!
Leesville Gets a Boost from Ford in 62-35 Win
Starting off the list is Leesville's Xavier Ford, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Ford rushed for 306 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 13.3 yards per carry, and also picked up 74 receiving yards and a touchdown. He torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 74 yards.
Unfortunately for DeRidder, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Ford. When Ford last faced the Dragons back in October of 2023, he rushed for 230 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.6 yards per carry.
Gamescore: 89.48
Connor Rushford Delivers Electric Effort Vs Leesville
Connor Rushford's rushing tear continued on Friday as he dropped his third-straight game with 114+ rushing yards dating back to last season. He rushed for 202 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.9 yards per carry.
On the season, Rushford has run in 9 touchdowns while averaging 142.4 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 35.14 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 45.60
Iowa Wins Fifth-Straight Thanks to J'vien Adams
Iowa picked up their fifth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to J'Vien Adams. Washington-Marion had no answer to Adams as he rushed for 177 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.8 yards per carry.
Iowa pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. Adams and Iowa will square off against Eunice at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 40.20
Broom Posts Huge Game in 62-35 Victory
Another Leesville player making an appearance on this list is Trel Broom. He threw for 224 yards and five touchdowns on only 16 passes.
This season, Broom has thrown 18 touchdowns while averaging 184.3 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 27.83
A Season-Best Performance from Mike Davis Leads Leesville over Deridder
Leesville was led to victory by Mike Davis, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Davis picked up 84 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
This year, Davis has caught 5 touchdowns while averaging 50.1 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.65
Other Notable Players
- Reed Dupre: 170 yards passing (Gamescore: 25.13)
- Tanner Davis: 188 yards passing; 1 TD rushing (Gamescore: 23.73)
- Deandre Herron: 1 sack and 9 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 19.25)
- Jacob Pajinag: 1 sack and 11 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 18.50)
- Uriah Wade: 102 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 17.28)
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