Bay 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!
Leuzinger Gets a Boost from Tonga in 34-7 Victory
Starting off the list is Leuzinger's Journee Tonga, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Tonga rushed for 246 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 9.1 yards per carry, and also picked up 36 receiving yards. Tonga is crushing it when it comes to rushing yards: he's rushed for at least 101 every time he's taken the field this season.
On the year, Tonga has averaged 38.8 receiving yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after eight games last season, he had two rushing touchdowns. This year he is already up to 23.
Gamescore: 66.17
Ryan Rakowski Delivers Best Performance of Season
On Friday, Palos Verdes got the W thanks in part to Ryan Rakowski playing the best football he has all season. Rakowski threw for 304 yards and three touchdowns while completing 76.2% of his passes, and also rushed for 30 yards and two touchdowns.
Palos Verdes' win was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-4. Rakowski's next matchup is against Inglewood on Friday, where he'll look to repeat that solid performance.
Gamescore: 49.17
Kingston Tisdell Delivers Electric Performance Vs Mira Costa
Kingston Tisdell was instrumental in extending Inglewood's winning streak to eight on Friday. Mira Costa had no answer to Tisdell as he threw for 252 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.0 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 51 yards. The dominant performance gave Tisdell a new career-high in rushing yards.
Inglewood pushed their record up to 8-0 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. Tisdell and Inglewood will take on Palos Verdes at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 33.10
Josh Williams Turns in Season-Best Effort
Josh Williams produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Palos Verdes to the win on Friday. Williams picked up 3.5 sacks and made five total tackles (4.5 for loss).
For the year, Williams has averaged 4.5 total tackles per game and for the season has 4.5 sacks. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 0.5 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 29.75
Williams Wright Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Williams Wright produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Inglewood to the win on Friday. Wright picked up two sacks, forced a fumble, and made seven total tackles. Thanks to that strong showing, he's now averaging 5.2 total tackles per game. He is on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last four games he's played.
This season, Wright has averaged 5.2 total tackles per game and for the season has 5 sacks.
Gamescore: 25.75
Other Notable Players
- Evan Aguirre: 128 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 25.38)
- Liam Meeker: 73 yards passing; 132 yards rushing (Gamescore: 23.87)
- Venilaite Wolfgramm Iii: 13 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 23.50)
- Elija Harmon: 1 sack and 10 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 21.50)
- Myels Smith: 1 sack and 8 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 21.25)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
