5A South Metro 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!
Austyn Modrzewski Turns in Season-Best Effort
Mountain Vista was led to victory by Austyn Modrzewski, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Modrzewski threw for 425 yards and five touchdowns while completing 88% of his passes, and also rushed for 30 yards and a touchdown. He's now once again averaging 300+ passing yards (303.8) per game. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in October of 2023.
Modrzewski might have his next game, a road matchup with ThunderRidge, circled on his calendar. Back in September of 2023 (the last time Modrzewski saw the Grizzlies), he threw for 451 yards and five touchdowns while completing 81.8% of his passes.
Gamescore: 61.63
Jack Blais Delivers Best Performance of Season
Mountain Vista was led to victory by Jack Blais, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Blais rushed for 107 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries, and also picked up 100 receiving yards and a touchdown. The performance marked the most rushing yards he has had since back in November of 2023. The bulk of those receiving yards came from one huge play: a catch that gained an incredible 72 yards.
Valor Christian had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Blais it was a similar story. When Blais last faced the Eagles back in October of 2023, he rushed for 64 yards and two touchdowns.
Gamescore: 45.65
Another Game with at Least 106 Rushing Yards from Tyler Meyer
On Thursday, Rock Canyon got the W thanks in part to Tyler Meyer playing the best football he has all season. Meyer's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 106 rushing yards. He also punched in two rushing touchdowns, which is notable because Rock Canyon is 2-1 when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise.
The win snapped Rock Canyon's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 3-3 record. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Jaguars challenges Fruita Monument at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Gamescore: 42.00
On Friday, Mountain Vista got the W thanks in part to Carter Daniels playing the best football he has all season. Daniels wasn't messing around, picking up two sacks, forcing a fumble, and making 15 total tackles. The game was his sixth straight with five or more total tackles dating back to last season.
If history really does repeat itself, Daniels might just drop another big game when he faces off against ThunderRidge on Friday. Back in September of 2023 (the last time Daniels saw the Grizzlies), he made 13 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Gamescore: 39.50
Levi Schield produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Rock Canyon to the win on Thursday. Schield wasn't messing around, picking up a sack and making 16 total tackles (4.0 for loss). The contest was his seventh straight with five or more total tackles dating back to last season.
This season, Schield has averaged 10.3 total tackles per game and for the season has 2 sacks. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he was only averaging 3.17 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 34.50
Other Notable Players
- Jack Schwartz: 79 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 30.30)
- Cash Spence: 77 yards receiving, 1 TD ; 1 TD rushing (Gamescore: 27.42)
- Quillan Gulick: 1 sack and 14 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 26.25)
- Sean Conway: 136 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 26.02)
- Griffin Harrison: 17 total tackles (1.5 for loss) and 1 forced fumble (Gamescore: 22.75)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
