Southwest Yosemite - River Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances in games played on Thursday and Friday (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Jalen Murphy Crosses Big Stat Threshold
On Thursday, Liberty got the W thanks in part to Jalen Murphy playing the best football he has all season. Murphy rushed for 252 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.5 yards per carry. He's now once again averaging 100+ rushing yards (118.1) per game. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
For the year, Murphy has run in 7 touchdowns while averaging 118.1 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 18.86 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 46.98
Jack Froehlich Delivers Electric Effort Vs Stockdale
Garces Memorial had to settle for second on Friday, but Jack Froehlich sure wasn't going down easily. Nobody could stop Froehlich as he picked up 1.5 sacks, forced a fumble, and made 12 total tackles (5.0 for loss).
Garces Memorial is on an eight-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-7. Froehlich and Garces Memorial will head out on the road to challenge Frontier at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 35.75
Isaiah Lefotu Delivers Best Performance of Season
Garces Memorial came up short on Friday despite Isaiah Lefotu delivering his best game to date. Lefotu picked up 2.5 sacks, forced two fumbles, and made eight total tackles (5.0 for loss).
For the year, Lefotu has averaged 2.9 total tackles per game and for the season has those 2.5 sacks.
Gamescore: 34.75
While Frontier might've come up empty on Thursday, Logan Slaton wasn't going down without a fight. Slaton was dynamite, rushing for 19 yards.
Frontier now has a losing record at 3-4. Slaton and Frontier will square off against Garces Memorial at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 33.60
Rj Green Makes It Two for Frontier
Keeping Slaton company is Rj Green, a fellow Frontier player. He rushed for 100 yards.
On the season, Green has averaged 50.4 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.95
Other Notable Players
- Nate Espericueta: 2 sacks and 7 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 21.00)
- Landon "LJ" Riley: 1 sack and 7 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.75)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
