6A Premier 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!
Rich Lucero Jr. Delivers Best Performance of Season
Hamilton was led to victory by Rich Lucero Jr., who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Lucero Jr. threw for 360 yards and five touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes, and also rushed for 47 yards and a touchdown.
The win (which was Hamilton's fourth in a row) raised their record to 9-1. Lucero Jr. and Hamilton will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Marana at 7:00 p.m. on November 22nd.
Gamescore: 54.60
A Season-Best Performance from Logan James Leads Hamilton over Chandler
Logan James produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Hamilton to the win on Friday. James picked up 180 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
On the season, James has caught 3 touchdowns while averaging 58 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 30.67
Jacob Brown's Big Game Leads Hamilton over Chandler
Jacob Brown posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 145 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.3 yards per carry. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 107 rushing yards.
On the season, Brown has averaged 15.2 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 28.08
Casteel's Losing Streak Is No More Thanks to Klarence Freeman
Klarence Freeman helped snap Casteel's three-game losing streak. Freeman turned in nothing short of a gem on Friday, rushing for 120 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 50 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
The victory got Casteel back to even at 5-5. Freeman will try to repeat (or improve) on that dominant effort when he faces off against Highland on Friday.
Gamescore: 25.20
Palmer Came Up Big in Casteel's 35-12 Win
Another Casteel player making an appearance on this list is Paul Palmer. He threw for 97 yards and three touchdowns.
This year, Palmer has thrown 20 touchdowns while averaging 163.9 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after nine games last season, he was only averaging 13.89 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 36.44 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 21.17
Other Notable Players
- Marquis Richardson: 1 interception and 12 total tackles (Gamescore: 18.50)
- Elijah Beamon: 57 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 18.12)
- Darian (Bleu) Dantzler: 1 sack and 3 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.50)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
