3A West 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!
Josh Bittner Turns in Season-Best Effort
Evergreen was led to victory by Josh Bittner, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Bittner rushed for 92 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries, and also threw for 92 yards and a touchdown on only eight passes. The effort marked the most rushing yards he has had since back in October of 2023. He has become a key player for Evergreen: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise.
If history really does repeat itself, Bittner might just drop another big game when he faces off against Skyview on Thursday. Bittner rushed for 155 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries the last time he and the Wolverines duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 44.08
Isaac Mccune Delivers Electric Effort Vs Green Mountain
While Wheat Ridge might've come up empty on Friday, Isaac Mccune wasn't going down without a fight. Mccune was unstoppable, rushing for 116 yards and a touchdown on only six carries, while also throwing for 290 yards and a touchdown while completing 71.4% of his passes. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 78-yard run.
On the year, Mccune has thrown 14 touchdowns while averaging 191.3 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 38.63
Jackson Post Makes It Two for Evergreen
Another Evergreen player making an appearance on this list is Jackson Post. He picked up 74 receiving yards and a touchdown. He torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 74 yards.
For the year, Post has caught 3 touchdowns while averaging 16.8 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 38.48
A Season-Best Effort from Simon Lunsford Leads Green Mountain over Wheat Ridge
Simon Lunsford produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Green Mountain to the win on Friday. Lunsford threw for 279 yards and four touchdowns while completing 92.9% of his passes.
The victory got Green Mountain back to even at 3-3. Lunsford and Green Mountain have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome Summit at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 37.20
James Mauro Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Evergreen was led to victory by James Mauro, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Mauro rushed for 70 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
This season, Mauro has run in those 2 touchdowns while averaging 28.5 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 0.67 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 35.05
Other Notable Players
- Bennett Wilkes: 150 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 32.50)
- Demarco Villalovas: 151 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 31.80)
- Carson Payer: 54 yards rushing, 2 TDs ; 35 yards receiving (Gamescore: 30.55)
- Carston Wolanske: 160 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.60)
- Solomon Washer: 113 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 25.30)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
