6A District 8 Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances from Thursday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
A Season-Best Effort from Jc Mirasola Leads Plant over Wharton
Plant was led to victory by Jc Mirasola, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Mirasola threw for 327 yards and eight touchdowns. Plant is 4-1 when Mirasola posts 300 or more passing yards, but 2-3 otherwise.
The win (which was Plant's fourth in a row) raised their record to 6-4. Mirasola and Plant will host Bartow at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 53.80
Ben Mackinnon Turns in Season-Best Performance
On Thursday, Plant got the W thanks in part to Ben Mackinnon playing the best football he has all season. Mackinnon picked up 132 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Plant is 5-2 when Mackinnon posts two or more receiving touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise.
For the season, Mackinnon has caught 7 touchdowns while averaging 53.6 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 44.20
Armwood Wins Tenth-Straight Thanks to AJ Jones
AJ Jones was instrumental in extending Armwood's winning streak to ten on Thursday. Jones turned in his biggest game of the season, rushing for 96 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Armwood's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-0. Jones will try to repeat (or improve) on that dominant effort when he faces off against Melbourne on Friday.
Gamescore: 29.60
Brush Made His Presence Known in Armwood's 58-0 Victory
Rhys Brush was instrumental in extending Armwood's winning streak to ten on Thursday. Brush did his part (and then some), throwing for 138 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes for the 'W'. He has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last four times he's played.
This season, Brush has thrown 33 touchdowns while averaging 200.6 passing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after ten games last season, he had 19 passing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 23.10
Alex Tate Dazzles in Plant Win
Another Plant player making an appearance on this list is Alex Tate. He made eight total tackles and snagged two interceptions which he returned one-yard for a touchdown. He also brought in a pick six, which is notable because Plant is undefeated when he posts at least one pick six, but 3-4 otherwise.
For the year, Tate has averaged 9.7 total tackles per game and for the season has 6 sacks. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he had one interception. This year he is already up to three.
Gamescore: 23.00
Other Notable Players
- Cristian Peirats: 103 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 22.63)
- Kendrick Ford: 80 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 20.25)
- Townsend "Tc" Evans: 61 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 17.48)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
