West 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!
Big Game from Tafoya As Mt. Pleasant Won 30-14
Starting off the list is Mt. Pleasant's Andrew Tafoya, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Tafoya picked up 101 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Mt. Pleasant's victory ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-5. Tafoya and Mt. Pleasant will venture away from home to challenge Yerba Buena at 7:15 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 38.43
Jason Stoner Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Jason Stoner posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 165 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.2 yards per carry. He's now once again averaging 100+ rushing yards (103.8) per game. Gunderson is undefeated when Stoner posts 100 or more rushing yards, but 2-3 otherwise.
The win (which was Gunderson's fifth in a row) raised their record to 5-3. Stoner and Gunderson will venture away from home to square off against James Lick at 7:15 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 37.30
A Season-Best Performance from Miguel Acosta Leads Gunderson over Evergreen Valley
Gunderson was led to victory by Miguel Acosta, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Acosta picked up three sacks and made five total tackles (4.0 for loss). He is becoming a predictor of Gunderson's success: when he posts at least one sack the team is undefeated (and 2-3 when he doesn't).
On the season, Acosta has averaged 3.9 total tackles per game and for the season has 8 sacks. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had one sack.
Gamescore: 34.38
Andrew Salazar Makes It Two for Mt. Pleasant
Another Mt. Pleasant player making an appearance on this list is Andrew Salazar. He rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries.
This year, Salazar has run in 2 touchdowns while averaging 77.2 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 21.20
Roberto Sumano Turns in Season-Best Effort
Mt. Pleasant was led to victory by Roberto Sumano, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Sumano forced two fumbles and made seven total tackles.
On the year, Sumano has averaged 3.7 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 18.50
Other Notable Players
- Victor Ekwuru: 101 yards passing; 1 TD rushing (Gamescore: 18.23)
- Isaias Brito: 1 interception and 8 total tackles (Gamescore: 17.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
