4A District 2 Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances across Friday and Saturday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
A Season-Best Performance from William Braun Leads Albuquerque Academy over Manzano
William Braun produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Albuquerque Academy to the win on Saturday. Braun threw for 372 yards and six touchdowns while completing 82.6% of his passes.
With the win, Albuquerque Academy broke their three-game losing streak and moved their record to 3-4. Braun and Albuquerque Academy will take on Silver at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 52.90
Hershul Olloway Jr Goes Supernova in St. Pius X Victory
Hershul Olloway Jr's big game helped extend St. Pius X's winning streak to three on Friday. Portales had no answer to Olloway Jr as he rushed for 151 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.6 yards per carry. Olloway Jr showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 62 yards.
For the year, Olloway Jr has run in 13 touchdowns while averaging 137 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 44.45
Cayl Cox-Liggins Crosses Big Stat Threshold
St. Pius X was led to victory by Cayl Cox-Liggins, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Cox-Liggins picked up 183 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He's now once again averaging 100+ receiving yards (103.6) per game. He showed off some serious burst, lighting up the secondary with a catch for 61 yards.
This season, Cox-Liggins has caught 6 touchdowns while averaging 103.6 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after five games last season, he had one receiving touchdown.
Gamescore: 44.30
Isaiah Carpenter Delivers Best Effort of Season
St. Pius X was led to victory by Isaiah Carpenter, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Carpenter threw for 312 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.5 yards per attempt.
On the year, Carpenter has thrown 15 touchdowns while averaging 220 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 43.94 passer rating per game. This year he is averaging 89.21 passer rating.
Gamescore: 39.50
Joel Lujan Has Career-Day on Friday
Joel Lujan posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 126 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries, and also picked up 32 receiving yards.
Portales's loss dropped their record down to 4-4. Lujan and Portales will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Albuquerque Academy at 1:00 p.m. on October 26th.
Gamescore: 30.17
Other Notable Players
- Kolbe Padilla: 1 sack and 15 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 29.00)
- Aiden Erickson: 131 yards receiving, 1 TD ; 22 yards rushing (Gamescore: 23.37)
- Jett Galles: 197 yards receiving; 28 yards rushing (Gamescore: 23.08)
- Leandro Garcia: 2 sacks and 7 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 21.00)
- Justin Duran: 52 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 19.88)
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