UpState 8 - East 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!
Lee Posts Huge Game in 52-14 Victory
Starting off the list is West Chicago's Robert Lee, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Lee rushed for 217 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.0 yards per carry. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 108 rushing yards dating back to last season.
This year, Lee has run in 9 touchdowns while averaging 156 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had two rushing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 51.80
Tommy Doyle Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Tommy Doyle posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 133 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries.
On the year, Doyle has averaged 24.3 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 4.33 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 45.68
Xavier Mrozik-Dejesus Delivers Best Effort of Season
Riverside-Brookfield was led to victory by Xavier Mrozik-Dejesus, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Mrozik-Dejesus picked up 198 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He is becoming a predictor of Riverside-Brookfield's success: when he posts at least two receiving touchdowns the team is undefeated (and 0-3 when he doesn't).
The win got Riverside-Brookfield back to even at 3-3. Mrozik-Dejesus and Riverside-Brookfield will head out on the road to face off against Elmwood Park at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 32.45
Big Game from Garcia As Riverside-Brookfield Won 26-21
Another Riverside-Brookfield player making an appearance on this list is Giancarlo Garcia. He threw for 282 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 12.3 yards per attempt.
On the year, Garcia has thrown 6 touchdowns while averaging 149.5 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 22.50
A Constellation of Stars for Riverside-Brookfield
Another Riverside-Brookfield player making an appearance on this list is Max Strong. He made 16 total tackles (1.0 for loss). He is on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made eight or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season.
On the year, Strong has averaged 8.7 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 18.50
Other Notable Players
- Carter Naranjo: 29 yards passing; 75 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 15.53)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
