Almont Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances in games played on Thursday and Friday (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
A Season-Best Performance from Elias Navarro Leads Schurr over Alhambra
Schurr was led to victory by Elias Navarro, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Navarro rushed for 186 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.9 yards per carry. He's now once again averaging 100+ rushing yards (105) per game. Those 186 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
Navarro is probably looking forward to his next game, a road matchup against Montebello on Friday. When Navarro last faced the Oilers back in October of 2023, he rushed for 174 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.3 yards per carry, and also picked up 49 receiving yards.
Gamescore: 50.38
Joseph Alvarado Turns in Season-Best Performance
Schurr was led to victory by Joseph Alvarado, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Alvarado threw for 200 yards and three touchdowns on only 17 passes.
This season, Alvarado has thrown 8 touchdowns while averaging 109.4 passing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 11.75 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 28.03
Matthew Cortez Turns in Another Game with at Least Six Total Tackles
Montebello came up short on Friday despite Matthew Cortez delivering his best game to date. Cortez wasn't messing around, picking up two sacks, forcing a fumble, and making nine total tackles. The contest was his eighth straight with six or more total tackles. Montebello is 2-1 when Cortez posts two or more sacks, but 2-3 otherwise.
This year, Cortez has averaged 8.4 total tackles per game and for the season has 4 sacks. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging five total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 26.50
Daniel Tovar Delivers Electric Effort Vs Montebello
Daniel Tovar put up the most rushing yards he's had since back in September of 2023 on Friday. He rushed for 83 yards and two touchdowns.
If the past is any indication, Tovar could be in store for another big game when he takes on Mark Keppel on Friday. When Tovar last faced the Aztecs back in October of 2023, he rushed for 54 yards and two touchdowns.
Gamescore: 21.80
Sean Allen Makes It Two for Bell Gardens
Another Bell Gardens player making an appearance on this list is Sean Allen. He picked up 71 receiving yards and a touchdown.
For the season, Allen has caught 6 touchdowns while averaging 51.3 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 14.43 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 21.10
Other Notable Players
- Hunter To: 84 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 20.10)
- Jasper Wong: 126 yards rushing (Gamescore: 19.90)
- Jonathan Calderon: 2 sacks and 9 total tackles (Gamescore: 17.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
