South Seven 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!
Junious Thomas Delivers Best Effort of Season
Marion came up short on Friday despite Junious Thomas delivering his best game to date. Thomas picked up 127 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 71 yards.
Marion is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-3. Thomas and Marion will face off against Carbondale at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 30.45
Cahokia Wins Fifth-Straight Thanks to Donald Collier
Cahokia picked up their fifth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Donald Collier. Centralia had no answer to Collier as he made seven total tackles.
For the season, Collier has averaged 7.9 total tackles per game and for the season has 2 interceptions.
Gamescore: 30.38
A Season-Best Performance from Callahan Roper Leads Marion over Collinsville
On Friday, Marion had to settle for second even though Callahan Roper put up the best numbers he has all season. Roper threw for 285 yards and three touchdowns.
On the year, Roper has thrown 14 touchdowns while averaging 192.3 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 28.60
Phipps Came Up Big in Cahokia's 28-17 Victory
Issac Phipps was instrumental in extending Cahokia's winning streak to five on Friday. Phipps was dynamite, picking up two sacks and making 11 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Centralia had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Phipps it was a similar story. When Phipps last faced the Orphans back in October of 2023, he picked up 3.5 sacks and made seven total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Gamescore: 26.75
Ryian Calonne Makes It Three for Marion
Another Marion player making an appearance on this list is Ryian Calonne. He rushed for 62 yards and a touchdown. He didn't just play on offense: he also made three total tackles and defended a pass.
For the year, Calonne has run in 8 touchdowns while averaging 53.1 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 4.71 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 21.40
Other Notable Players
- Demarzion Graham: 1 TD ; 46 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 19.48)
- Orlando Fridge: 74 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 18.40)
- Davin Wooley: 123 yards passing (Gamescore: 17.60)
- Omar Mims Jr: 51 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 16.37)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
