WPIAL AAAA Parkway 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!
Brock Cornell Tops All Others This Week
Starting off the list is West Allegheny's Brock Cornell, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Cornell made 11 total tackles (1.0 for loss). He also punched in four rushing touchdowns, which is notable because West Allegheny is undefeated when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 2-3 otherwise.
West Allegheny has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. Cornell and West Allegheny will square off against Montour at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 64.15
Kaleb Platz Delivers Best Effort of Season
Kaleb Platz produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Montour to the win on Friday. Platz forced a fumble, made 11 total tackles (2.0 for loss), and defended a pass. The performance also marked the most rushing yards (16) he has had since back in August.
The win for Montour keeps them at an undefeated 9-0. Platz's next match is against West Allegheny on Friday, where he'll look to repeat that solid effort.
Gamescore: 37.97
Brodie Cornell Has Career Rushing Day
Brodie Cornell posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He made eight total tackles. He also rushed for 100 rushing yards, which is notable because West Allegheny is 4-1 when he posts at least 100 rushing yards, but 1-2 otherwise.
On the year, Cornell has averaged 5.4 total tackles per game and for the season has 1 sack. It gets even more impressive: after five games last season, he was only averaging 21.8 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 49.6 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 26.55
Montour Wins Ninth-Straight Thanks to Caden Halajcio
Montour picked up their ninth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Caden Halajcio. Aliquippa had no answer to Halajcio as he rushed for 61 yards and a touchdown. Halajcio didn't just play on offense: he also made five total tackles and defended two passes.
On the year, Halajcio has run in 4 touchdowns while averaging 81.2 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 38.33 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 24.43
Roman Police Makes It Three for West Allegheny
Another West Allegheny player making an appearance on this list is Roman Police. He made seven total tackles.
This season, Police has averaged 4 total tackles per game and for the season has 0 sacks. It gets even more impressive: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 34.75 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 71 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 22.55
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
