4A-1 Region IV District 16 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!
Jude Hernandez Drops League-Best Performance on Friday
Starting off the list is Calallen's Jude Hernandez, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Hernandez rushed for 38 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 32 receiving yards.
Tuloso-Midway had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Hernandez it was a similar story. When Hernandez last faced the Warriors & Cherokees back in October of 2023, he rushed for 109 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries.
Gamescore: 29.28
Rene Rivera Jr Delivers Best Performance of Season
Zapata was led to victory by Rene Rivera Jr, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Rivera Jr wasn't messing around, making eight total tackles and defending two passes in addition to snagging three interceptions. The match was his fourth straight with eight or more total tackles.
Zapata pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. Rivera Jr will try to repeat (or improve) on that dominant effort when he faces off against Calallen on Friday.
Gamescore: 27.75
Robert Gallegos Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Sadly, Robert Gallegos posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Hidalgo over Zapata on Friday. Gallegos rushed for 138 yards and a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
Hidalgo's defeat was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-7. Gallegos and Hidalgo will have a little extra prep time after the loss as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Calallen at 7:00 p.m. on November 1st.
Gamescore: 26.30
Dennis Made His Presence Known in Calallen's 35-14 Victory
Sebastian Dennis put up the most rushing yards he's had since back in August on Friday. He rushed for 76 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 77 yards and a touchdown on perfect 5-for-5 passing.
This year, Dennis has thrown 6 touchdowns while averaging 71.4 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 28.86 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 65 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 25.23
Ricardo Rodr?guez Makes It Three for Calallen
Another Calallen player making an appearance on this list is Ricardo Rodr?guez. He rushed for 106 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 56 yards.
On the year, Rodr?guez has run in 7 touchdowns while averaging 93 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 22.80
Other Notable Players
- Joseph Lozano: 2 sacks and 7 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 21.75)
- Damian Figueroa: 60 yards rushing, 1 TD ; 60 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 20.97)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
