5A Northwest Valley 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!
Dylan Hayhurst Turns in Season-Best Performance
On Friday, Goldwater got the W thanks in part to Dylan Hayhurst playing the best football he has all season. Hayhurst rushed for 413 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 8.8 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an incredible 76 yards.
Hayhurst must have Willow Canyon's number; he was a force to be reckoned with the last time he faced them too. When Hayhurst last faced the Wildcats back in November of 2023, he rushed for 80 yards and three touchdowns.
Gamescore: 99.80
A Season-Best Performance from Joel Cooper Leads Willow Canyon over Goldwater
Willow Canyon came up short on Friday despite Joel Cooper delivering his best game to date. Cooper rushed for 205 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.8 yards per carry. He showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 61 yards.
This year, Cooper has run in 9 touchdowns while averaging 127.4 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 51.40
Khavontae Paul's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Ironwood over Apollo
Khavontae Paul's rushing tear continued on Friday as he dropped his fifth-straight game with 115+ rushing yards. He rushed for 222 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.9 yards per carry.
This season, Paul has averaged 82.6 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 66.9 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 163.5 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 50.80
Isaiah White Delivers Best Performance of Season
Apollo was led to victory by Isaiah White, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. White picked up 177 receiving yards and three touchdowns. He really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 79 yards.
For the year, White has caught 11 touchdowns while averaging 112 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after nine games last season, he was only averaging 11.33 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 38.45
Stevenson Came Up Big in Apollo's 33-20 Win
Another Apollo player making an appearance on this list is Sylus Stevenson. He threw for 292 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.2 yards per attempt.
On the year, Stevenson has thrown 23 touchdowns while averaging 226.7 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 25.75
Other Notable Players
- Tyus Dragon: 61 yards receiving, 2 TDs ; 26 yards rushing (Gamescore: 22.43)
- Tyreeq Jones: 63 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 19.30)
- Jalen Anderson: 85 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 17.80)
- Jerry Ibanez: 12 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.75)
- Xavier Matthews: 86 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 17.32)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
