WPIAL AAAAA Northeast 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!
Darian Nelson Delivers Best Performance of Season
Plum was led to victory by Darian Nelson, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Nelson rushed for 153 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an incredible 83 yards.
On the season, Nelson has averaged 44.5 receiving yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 3.13 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 29.75 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 47.93
Aaron Strader Turns in Season-Best Effort
On Friday, Pine-Richland got the W thanks in part to Aaron Strader playing the best football he has all season. Strader threw for 252 yards and four touchdowns on only 14 passes.
The win for Pine-Richland keeps them at an undefeated 7-0. Strader and Pine-Richland will challenge North Allegheny at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 32.80
Lawrence ?Jay? Timmons and Co. Win Seventh in a Row
Lawrence ?Jay? Timmons's big game helped extend Pine-Richland's winning streak to seven on Friday. Greater Latrobe had no answer to ?Jay? Timmons as he picked up 98 receiving yards and a touchdown. ?Jay? Timmons didn't just play on offense: he also made four total tackles and defended a pass.
On the year, ?Jay? Timmons has caught 4 touchdowns while averaging 61.4 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 13 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 21.55
Nick Sheffo Makes It Two for Plum
The second Plum player making an appearance here is Nick Sheffo, and for good reason. He punched in a rushing score.
This year, Sheffo has run in those 1 touchdown while averaging 0.2 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 21.50
Luca Poli Rounds Out Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Luca Poli of Fox Chapel. Poli picked up a sack and made eight total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Fox Chapel is on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-6. Poli and Fox Chapel will take on Shaler Area at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 20.50
Other Notable Players
- Nicholas Odom: 101 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 19.80)
- Sloan Humphries: 122 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 18.62)
- Tanner Cunningham: 99 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 15.98)
- John Nonnenberg: 83 yards passing (Gamescore: 15.43)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
