Tri-River 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!
A Season-Best Effort from Caleb Solis Leads Clovis East over Central
Clovis East was led to victory by Caleb Solis, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Solis wasn't messing around, picking up 3.5 sacks, forcing a fumble, and making seven total tackles (4.0 for loss). The contest was his third straight with seven or more total tackles dating back to last season.
The victory for Clovis East keeps them at an undefeated 7-0. Solis and Clovis East will head out to face off against Clovis at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 33.50
While Central might've come up empty on Thursday, Brandon Smith wasn't going down without a fight. Smith was unstoppable, rushing for 101 yards and two touchdowns. He has become a key player for Central: the team is undefeated when he posts at least 80 rushing yards, but 1-2 otherwise.
For the year, Smith has averaged 25 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 10.57 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 32.48
Graves Posts Huge Game in 34-26 Win
Lindsey Graves was instrumental in extending Clovis East's winning streak to seven on Thursday. Graves was dynamite, rushing for 129 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.2 yards per carry.
Central had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Graves it was a similar story. Graves rushed for 61 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 59 receiving yards and a touchdown the last time he and the Grizzlies duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 30.60
Winning always takes teamwork, but on Friday Ross Cinfel stepped things up a notch to give Clovis North the 'W'. Clovis had no answer to Cinfel as he picked up 2.5 sacks and made ten total tackles (4.0 for loss).
For the season, Cinfel has averaged 7.3 total tackles per game and for the season has 5 sacks. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 3.71 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 30.00
Mckay Madsen Makes It Two for Clovis North
Another Clovis North player making an appearance on this list is Mckay Madsen. He rushed for 44 yards and a touchdown.
On the season, Madsen has run in 10 touchdowns while averaging 99.4 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 27.90
Other Notable Players
- Aidan Chavez: 1 sack and 19 total tackles (1.5 for loss) (Gamescore: 26.50)
- Maddox Merrill: 115 yards rushing, 1 TD ; 23 yards receiving (Gamescore: 23.40)
- Tytus Dimmer: 1 sack and 6 total tackles (4.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 22.88)
- Joshua Wilson: 12 total tackles (2.0 for loss) and 1 forced fumble (Gamescore: 22.25)
- Jelani Dippel: 207 yards passing; 76 yards rushing (Gamescore: 20.80)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
