4A-2 Region III District 10 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 Jaylan Palmer Leads Royal over La Marque
On Friday, Royal got the W thanks in part to Jaylan Palmer playing the best football he has all season. Palmer made eight total tackles.
Royal pushed their record up to 4-3 with the win, which was their third straight at home. Palmer and Royal will face off against Harmony School of Innovation at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 39.40
Lasker Came Up Big in Royal's 38-2 Win
Keeping Palmer company is Noah Lasker, a fellow Royal player. He rushed for 131 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 32 receiving yards and a touchdown.
For the year, Lasker has caught 2 touchdowns while averaging 16 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he had one receiving touchdown.
Gamescore: 33.87
Columbia had to settle for second on Friday, but Mudassir Abdullah sure wasn't going down easily. Sweeny had no answer to Abdullah as he picked up 57 receiving yards, and also rushed for 36 yards.
With the loss, Columbia broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 5-3. Abdullah and Columbia will have a little extra prep time after the defeat as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on La Marque at 7:00 p.m. on November 1st.
Gamescore: 18.42
A Constellation of Stars for Royal
Another Royal player making an appearance on this list is Zaelyn Shelton. He wasn't messing around on Friday, making six total tackles and snagged an interception which he returned for a touchdown. The contest was his third straight with six or more total tackles.
On the year, Shelton has averaged 5.3 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 16.50
Grant Thrasher Makes It Two for Columbia
Another Columbia player making an appearance on this list is Grant Thrasher. He made eight total tackles and defended a pass.
On the season, Thrasher has averaged 8.1 total tackles per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 0.38 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 50.5 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 16.37
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