East Bay - Mountain 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 Jhadis Luckey Leads California over Monte Vista
California was led to victory by Jhadis Luckey, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Luckey rushed for 317 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 9.6 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 64 yards.
California pushed their record up to 7-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. Luckey and California will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against De La Salle at 7:15 p.m. on November 1st.
Gamescore: 84.70
Brayden Turner Delivers Electric Performance Vs California
Brayden Turner posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He threw for 304 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 70 yards on only eight carries.
Monte Vista moved to 5-2 with that loss, which also ended their four-game winning streak. Turner and Monte Vista are on the road again on Friday to play De La Salle at 7:15 p.m.
Gamescore: 32.77
Mcmahan Posts Huge Game in 50-36 Loss
Keeping Turner company is Julian McMahan, a fellow Monte Vista player. He rushed for 117 yards and three touchdowns. McMahan is crushing it when it comes to rushing touchdowns: he's punched in at least two every time he's taken the field this season.
On the year, McMahan has run in 15 touchdowns while averaging 139.8 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 31.67
Kellan Ford Delivers Best Effort of Season
Monte Vista came up short on Friday despite Kellan Ford delivering his best game to date. Ford picked up 177 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
This season, Ford has caught 9 touchdowns while averaging 95.6 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 21.14 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 30.70
Dominic Kelley Turns in Season-Best Performance
De La Salle was led to victory by Dominic Kelley, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Kelley rushed for 92 yards and two touchdowns. The effort marked the most rushing yards he has had since back in September of 2023.
The win for De La Salle keeps them at an undefeated 7-0. Kelley and De La Salle will challenge Monte Vista at 7:15 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 30.28
Other Notable Players
- Nic Fox: 155 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 23.63)
- Arjun Banerjee: 169 yards passing; 22 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 23.17)
- Jacob Stickevers: 18 total tackles (Gamescore: 18.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
