Mahoning Valley - Scarlet 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!
Dante Gentile's Big Game Leads Springfield over Mineral Ridge
Starting off the list is Springfield's Dante Gentile, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Gentile rushed for 232 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 7.7 yards per carry. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his seventh straight game with at least 115 rushing yards dating back to last season.
The victory (which was Springfield's fifth in a row) raised their record to 6-2. Gentile and Springfield will welcome McDonald at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 58.90
Lowellville Gets a Boost from Perry in 34-17 Win
Geno Perry's rushing tear continued on Friday as he dropped his sixth-straight game with 109+ rushing yards dating back to last season. He rushed for 192 yards and two touchdowns, and also picked up 67 receiving yards and a touchdown.
On the year, Perry has caught those 1 touchdown while averaging 22.2 receiving yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he had three rushing touchdowns. This year he is already up to 15.
Gamescore: 56.93
Darney Made His Presence Known in Western Reserve's 42-16 Win
Western Reserve found a leader in Jack Darney as the squad took down Waterloo on Friday. Darney turned in nothing short of a gem, rushing for 144 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 9.0 yards per carry.
Darney might have his next game, a home matchup with Mineral Ridge, circled on his calendar. When Darney last faced the Rams back in October of 2023, he rushed for 138 yards while picking up 7.7 yards per carry, and also picked up 51 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Gamescore: 56.88
A Season-Best Performance from Ricky Willrich Leads Lowellville over Jackson-Milton
Lowellville was led to victory by Ricky Willrich, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Willrich threw for 160 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 passes.
On the season, Willrich has thrown 18 touchdowns while averaging 186 passing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he had one passing touchdown.
Gamescore: 25.77
Other Notable Players
- Josh Pazel: 87 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 23.95)
- Kaesen Kosek: 1 interception and 12 total tackles (Gamescore: 20.75)
- Wyatt Kuboff: 1 sack and 12 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 19.50)
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