2A Salt 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!
Big Game from (Bubba) Burras As Heritage Academy Won 56-20
Starting off the list is Heritage Academy's Kaleb (Bubba) Burras, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. (Bubba) Burras rushed for 88 yards and three touchdowns, and also threw for 314 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. He is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
Arete Prep had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw (Bubba) Burras it was a similar story. When (Bubba) Burras last faced the CHARGERS back in October of 2023, he rushed for 71 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 101 yards and two touchdowns.
Gamescore: 63.93
Avery Hamler Delivers Best Effort of Season
On Friday, Chandler Prep got the W thanks in part to Avery Hamler playing the best football he has all season. Hamler rushed for 149 yards and five touchdowns on only ten carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an impressive 53 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Hamler and Chandler Prep will look to defend their home field on Friday against Arete Prep at 7:00 p.m. Hamler will face off against Michael Harambasic, the CHARGERS's star pass catcher. The only thing left to do is find out who's the greater deep ball threat. You'll have to watch the game to know for sure.
Gamescore: 58.05
Paul Soltero Delivers Electric Performance Vs Arete Prep
Paul Soltero put up the most rushing yards he's had since back in October of 2023 on Friday. He rushed for 36 yards and two touchdowns, and also picked up 70 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Soltero must have Arete Prep's number; he was a force to be reckoned with the last time he faced them too. When Soltero last faced the CHARGERS back in October of 2023, he rushed for 157 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries, and also picked up 60 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Gamescore: 42.90
Uriah Neloms and Co. Win Seventh in a Row
Uriah Neloms was instrumental in extending San Tan Charter's winning streak to seven on Friday. Santa Cruz Valley had no answer to Neloms as he threw for 241 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushed for 66 yards and a touchdown.
San Tan Charter pushed their record up to 7-0 with the victory, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. Neloms and San Tan Charter will head out to challenge Heritage Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 41.67
A Constellation of Stars for Heritage Academy
Another Heritage Academy player making an appearance on this list is Lamario Claiborne. He picked up two sacks and made nine total tackles (4.0 for loss).
On the season, Claiborne has averaged 10.8 total tackles per game and for the season has 14 sacks.
Gamescore: 28.05
Other Notable Players
- Kaelan Williams: 142 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.12)
- Michael Harambasic: 57 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 22.63)
- Aidan Ysaguirre: 136 yards rushing (Gamescore: 19.18)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
