3A-1 Region II District 8 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!
Trayvion Watts Delivers Best Effort of Season
On Friday, Gladewater got the W thanks in part to Trayvion Watts playing the best football he has all season. Watts rushed for 350 yards while picking up 17.5 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an incredible 78 yards.
This season, Watts has averaged 82.6 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 0.3 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 62.00
Underclassman Arian Taylor Major Player in Liberty-Eylau Win
Underclassman Arian Taylor came into Friday's game looking to prove himself and that's exactly what he did. He turned in nothing short of a gem on Friday, rushing for 167 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries, while also throwing for nine yards and a touchdown.
Liberty-Eylau's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-2. Taylor and Liberty-Eylau will head out to challenge Commerce at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 52.80
Baysinger Came Up Big in Liberty-Eylau's 64-0 Win
Another Liberty-Eylau player making an appearance on this list is Trip Baysinger. He threw for 293 yards and four touchdowns while completing 77.3% of his passes. He has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last four times he's played.
On the year, Baysinger has thrown 33 touchdowns while averaging 219.2 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 37.33
A Constellation of Stars for Liberty-Eylau
Another Liberty-Eylau player making an appearance on this list is Dequane Prevo. His receiving production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 124 receiving yards.
On the season, Prevo has caught 15 touchdowns while averaging 129.9 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had one receiving touchdown.
Gamescore: 33.58
Jaxsen Ludlow Goes Supernova in White Oak Loss
Rounding off our Top Five is Jaxsen Ludlow of White Oak. Ludlow rushed for 90 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 277 yards and two touchdowns.
On the season, Ludlow has thrown 23 touchdowns while averaging 210.3 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 45.88 passer rating per game. This year he is averaging 105.55 passer rating.
Gamescore: 31.67
Other Notable Players
- Chris Love: 118 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 24.30)
- Braydon Bratcher: 169 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 23.98)
- Tihmyus Taylor: 193 yards passing (Gamescore: 20.67)
- Kamran Williams: 130 yards rushing (Gamescore: 16.40)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
