3A Metro Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances in games played from last Thursday through Saturday (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
A Season-Best Performance from Sawyer Wald Leads Lutheran over Holy Family
Lutheran was led to victory by Sawyer Wald, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Wald rushed for 355 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 9.3 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
Lutheran pushed their record up to 7-1 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. Wald and Lutheran will square off against Littleton on Friday.
Gamescore: 87.28
Monte Samaras Delivers Best Performance of Season
On Friday, Holy Family had to settle for second even though Monte Samaras put up the best numbers he has all season. Samaras rushed for 98 yards and three touchdowns, and also threw for 228 yards and two touchdowns.
This season, Samaras has thrown 13 touchdowns while averaging 184.6 passing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 2.43 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 58.38
Liam Graham Delivers Electric Effort Vs Hinkley
Winning always takes teamwork, but on Thursday Liam Graham stepped things up a notch to give Standley Lake the 'W'. Graham was unstoppable, rushing for 72 yards and two touchdowns.
This season, Graham has run in 9 touchdowns while averaging 104.9 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had three rushing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 25.60
Anderson Osburn Makes It Two for Holy Family
Another Holy Family player making an appearance on this list is Anderson Osburn. He picked up 86 receiving yards and a touchdown.
This season, Osburn has caught 3 touchdowns while averaging 55.1 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 23.43
A Constellation of Stars for Holy Family
Another Holy Family player making an appearance on this list is Browen Wills. He made seven total tackles.
On the year, Wills has averaged 1.9 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 20.32
Other Notable Players
- Jack Wesolowski: 116 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 18.10)
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