2A - North 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!
Nicolas Marble Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Starting off the list is American Leadership Academy's Nicolas Marble, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. On Friday Marble threw for 381 yards and four touchdowns while completing 78.3% of his passes, and also rushed for 65 yards and a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He didn't just play on offense: he also made two total tackles and defended a pass in addition to snagging an interception.
The win got American Leadership Academy back to even at 5-5. Marble and American Leadership Academy will take on Emery at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 70.80
Kannon Huntsman Dazzles in American Leadership Academy Victory
Keeping Marble company is Kannon Huntsman, a fellow American Leadership Academy player. He rushed for 150 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 75-yard run.
Providence Hall's probably not too fond of Huntsman given he always seems to get the better of them. When Huntsman last faced the Patriots back in September, he rushed for 120 yards and four touchdowns on only nine carries.
Gamescore: 50.38
Tad Swarnes Delivers Best Performance of Season
American Leadership Academy was led to victory by Tad Swarnes, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Swarnes picked up 256 receiving yards and three touchdowns. He's now once again averaging 100+ receiving yards (101) per game. He is becoming a predictor of American Leadership Academy's success: when he posts at least two receiving touchdowns the team is 4-2 (and 1-3 when he doesn't).
For the year, Swarnes has caught 13 touchdowns while averaging 101 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after ten games last season, he had three receiving touchdowns.
Gamescore: 46.43
Texas Wilde Delivers Electric Performance Vs Grand County
Winning always takes teamwork, but on Friday Texas Wilde stepped things up a notch to give Judge Memorial Catholic the 'W'. Nobody could stop Wilde as he rushed for 120 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 56 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
For the year, Wilde has run in 9 touchdowns while averaging 79.9 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after 11 games last season, he was only averaging two rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 34.18
Palmer Came Up Big in Judge Memorial Catholic's 41-0 Victory
Keeping Wilde company is Adrian Palmer, a fellow Judge Memorial Catholic player. He threw for 121 yards and two touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes, and also rushed for 37 yards and a touchdown.
For the season, Palmer has thrown 10 touchdowns while averaging 110.5 passing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 64.27 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 30.22
Other Notable Players
- King Long: 77 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 29.03)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
