5A Region 5 Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances from Thursday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Young Made His Presence Known in Roy's 42-35 Loss
Starting off the list is Roy's Robert Young, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Young picked up 119 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 63 yards and two touchdowns.
With the defeat, Roy broke their eight-game winning streak and moved their record to 8-1. Young and Roy will challenge Northridge at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Gamescore: 52.78
Titan Longson Goes Supernova in Viewmont Victory
Titan Longson was a major factor in Viewmont's victory over Bonneville on Thursday. Longson turned in nothing short of a gem, throwing for 295 yards and five touchdowns while completing 77.3% of his passes.
For the year, Longson has thrown 32 touchdowns while averaging 291.1 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 41.47
Viliami Tapa'atoutai Turns in Another Game with at Least 101 Rushing Yards
Viliami Tapa'Atoutai's rushing tear continued on Thursday as he dropped his fourth-straight game with 101+ rushing yards dating back to last season. He rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns.
For the year, Tapa'Atoutai has run in 16 touchdowns while averaging 138.4 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had three rushing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 32.75
Cooper Tubbs Delivers Best Effort of Season
Northridge was led to victory by Cooper Tubbs, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Tubbs wasn't messing around, making 15 total tackles (2.0 for loss) and snagged an interception. The match was his fourth straight with six or more total tackles dating back to last season.
On the year, Tubbs has averaged 7.9 total tackles per game and for the season has 2 interceptions. He is looking even better than he did last year: after nine games last season, he was only averaging 1.33 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 30.75
Dontae Dyson Makes It Two for Northridge
Another Northridge player making an appearance on this list is Dontae Dyson. He made three total tackles.
Gamescore: 24.43
Other Notable Players
- Keaton Fuit: 3 sacks and 5 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 24.00)
- Tre Nye: 188 yards passing (Gamescore: 22.63)
- Andrew Ortiz: 84 yards rushing, 1 TD ; 51 yards receiving (Gamescore: 22.15)
- Drez Jensen: 49 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 17.07)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
