5A Region 4 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!
A Season-Best Performance from D.J Overson Leads Cyprus over Kearns
Cyprus was led to victory by D.J Overson, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Overson rushed for 101 yards and four touchdowns on only 11 carries, and also threw for 265 yards and three touchdowns on only 17 passes, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
This year, Overson has thrown 13 touchdowns while averaging 136.4 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 66.77
Britton Jepsen Puts an End to Cyprus' Losing Streak on Friday
Thanks in part to Britton Jepsen, Cyprus said goodbye to their 12-game losing streak dating back to last season. Jepsen made a major impact on Friday, picking up 201 receiving yards and two touchdowns. The performance once again pushed his average receiving yardage north of 100 yards per game (102). He was no stranger to the big play, lighting up the secondary with a catch that went for 62 yards.
This season, Jepsen has caught 10 touchdowns while averaging 102 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after ten games last season, he had two receiving touchdowns.
Gamescore: 59.35
Sunia Fifita Dazzles in Granger Victory
Sunia Fifita posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 188 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.4 yards per carry. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: he posted at least 106 rushing yards in the seventh games prior.
The victory was the fourth in a row for Granger, bringing their record for this year to 5-5. Fifita will try to repeat (or improve) on that dominant effort when he faces off against Box Elder on Friday.
Gamescore: 40.93
Uha Malekamu Delivers Best Performance of Season
Thanks in part to Uha Malekamu, Cyprus said goodbye to their 12-game losing streak dating back to last season. Malekamu picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made 18 total tackles (2.0 for loss), good enough for us to rate the performance as the best he's had all season long. He has been hot for a while, having posted five or more total tackles the last 11 times he's played.
On the season, Malekamu has averaged 16 total tackles per game and for the season has those 1 sack. He is looking even better than he did last year: after ten games last season, he was only averaging 5.9 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 31.50
Big Game from Kofe As Granger Won 47-6
Another Granger player making an appearance on this list is Tevita Kofe. He rushed for 72 yards and two touchdowns. He has become a key player for Granger: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 2-5 otherwise.
For the season, Kofe has run in 5 touchdowns while averaging 36.1 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had two rushing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 31.43
Other Notable Players
- Gio Polanco: 108 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 27.83)
- Cody Johnson: 129 yards rushing; 1 TD receiving (Gamescore: 26.83)
- Nia Ioapo: 80 yards receiving, 1 TD ; 28 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.37)
- Brighton Webb: 37 yards receiving, 2 TDs ; 42 yards rushing (Gamescore: 22.35)
- Aidan Royce Welchman: 106 yards passing (Gamescore: 21.17)
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