4A West 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!
Nash Ott Turns in Season-Best Performance
Yuma Catholic was led to victory by Nash Ott, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Ott threw for 418 yards and six touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes.
St. Mary had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Ott it was a similar story. When Ott last faced the Knights back in September of 2023, he threw for 279 yards and two touchdowns while completing 82.8% of his passes.
Gamescore: 51.67
Sir Stokes Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Sir Stokes produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Yuma Catholic to the win on Friday. Stokes picked up 269 receiving yards and three touchdowns. The performance once again pushed his average receiving yardage north of 100 yards per game (108.4).
This year, Stokes has caught 6 touchdowns while averaging 108.4 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had two receiving touchdowns.
Gamescore: 45.65
Big Game from Little As Thunderbird Won 45-0
Elijah Little's big game helped extend Thunderbird's winning streak to six on Friday. Little was dynamite, rushing for 122 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 7.6 yards per carry. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his eighth straight game with at least 107 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Little must have Lake Havasu's number; he was a force to be reckoned with the last time he faced them too. Little rushed for 130 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries the last time he and the Knights duked it out back in September of 2023.
Gamescore: 42.00
A Season-Best Effort from Nathan Johannes Leads Northwest Christian over Buckeye
Northwest Christian was led to victory by Nathan Johannes, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Johannes picked up 120 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 114 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.1 yards per carry. He torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 94 yards.
The win (which was Northwest Christian's third in a row) raised their record to 5-1. They and Lake Havasu are set to duel on Friday.
Gamescore: 40.65
Laki Wallwork Delivers Best Effort of Season
Laki Wallwork produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Northwest Christian to the win on Friday. Wallwork threw for 313 yards and four touchdowns while completing 79.3% of his passes, and also rushed for 30 yards.
This year, Wallwork has thrown 12 touchdowns (and and only 1 picks) while averaging 207 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 37.57
Other Notable Players
- Rocky Stallworth: 2 sacks and 17 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 30.63)
- Dre Bair: 45 yards rushing, 2 TDs ; 50 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 29.45)
- Benton Beck: 92 yards rushing; 30 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 26.67)
- Daryl Little II: 97 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 22.12)
- Andrew Cohill: 169 yards passing (Gamescore: 21.07)
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