3A-2 Region IV District 15 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!
Israel Soto's Big Game Leads Karnes City over Young Men's Leadership Academy
Starting off the list is Karnes City's Israel Soto, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Soto rushed for 147 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
On the season, Soto has averaged 18.8 receiving yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 20.5 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 67.83 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 52.57
Raishaun Conaway Turns in Season-Best Effort
Young Men's Leadership Academy came up short on Friday despite Raishaun Conaway delivering his best game to date. Conaway rushed for 169 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.0 yards per carry. He's now once again averaging 100+ rushing yards (103.7) per game. He was no stranger to the big play, turning on the jets for a run that went for 51 yards.
Young Men's Leadership Academy is on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-5. Conaway and Young Men's Leadership Academy will be playing in front of their home fans against Nixon-Smiley at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 37.68
A Season-Best Effort from Garet Gonzales Leads Nixon-Smiley over Natalia
On Friday, Nixon-Smiley got the W thanks in part to Garet Gonzales playing the best football he has all season. Gonzales rushed for 98 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries, and also picked up 32 receiving yards and a touchdown. Nixon-Smiley is 2-1 when Gonzales posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 0-3 otherwise.
On the season, Gonzales has run in 4 touchdowns while averaging 71.7 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 36.88
Nixon-Thompson Came Up Big in Karnes City's 48-15 Win
Another Karnes City player making an appearance on this list is Savion Nixon-Thompson. He rushed for 52 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 90 yards and a touchdown.
This year, Nixon-Thompson has thrown 7 touchdowns while averaging 110.3 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 28.75
Andrew Crow Makes It Three for Karnes City
Another Karnes City player making an appearance on this list is Andrew Crow. He picked up 63 receiving yards and a touchdown. He was no stranger to the big play, connecting on a big catch that went for 56 yards.
For the season, Crow has caught 5 touchdowns while averaging 53.8 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 25.42
Other Notable Players
- Jaylun Rodriguez: 0.5 sacks and 11 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 20.25)
- Trenton Gordon: 105 yards rushing (Gamescore: 16.60)
- Coy Gann: 58 yards receiving; 65 yards rushing (Gamescore: 15.68)
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