North Suburban 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!
A Season-Best Effort from Blaise Lavista Leads Libertyville over Lake Forest
Libertyville came up short on Friday despite Blaise Lavista delivering his best game to date. Lavista wasn't messing around, picking up 230 receiving yards and three touchdowns. The contest was his eighth straight with two or more receiving touchdowns.
Lake Forest's probably not too fond of Lavista given he always seems to get the better of them. When Lavista last faced the Scouts back in September of 2023, he picked up 117 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Gamescore: 53.67
Big Game from Schambow As Libertyville Fell 42-35
Another Libertyville player making an appearance on this list is Quinn Schambow. He threw for 433 yards and five touchdowns while completing 76.5% of his passes. Schambow is crushing it when it comes to passing touchdowns: he's passed for at least four every time he's taken the field this season.
Lake Forest had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Schambow it was a similar story. Back in September of 2023 (the last time Schambow saw the Scouts), he threw for 204 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 32 yards and a touchdown.
Gamescore: 39.17
Young Made His Presence Known in Mundelein's 35-0 Win
Logan Young put up the most rushing yards he's had since back in August on Friday. He threw for 131 yards and three touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes, and also rushed for 56 yards. He has become a key player for Mundelein: the team is 3-1 when he posts at least three passing touchdowns, but 1-3 otherwise.
Mundelein moved to 4-4 with that victory, which also ended their four-game losing streak. Young and Mundelein will host Lake Forest at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 26.73
Ethan Connelly Turns in Season-Best Effort
On Friday, Mundelein got the W thanks in part to Ethan Connelly playing the best football he has all season. Connelly picked up 83 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
This year, Connelly has caught those 2 touchdowns while averaging 23.9 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 6.86 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 20.55
Jake Junia Has Career-Day on Friday
Jake Junia posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He made seven total tackles. He showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 63 yards.
This season, Junia has averaged 11 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 19.95
Other Notable Players
- Aaron Stewart: 141 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 18.98)
- Antonio Vaughn: 1 sack and 6 total tackles (4.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 18.00)
- Ian Murray: 1 sack and 7 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.50)
- Sam Seth: 47 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 17.12)
- Brody Paluch: 80 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 16.58)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
