5A San Tan 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!
Mcclintock Wins Eighth-Straight Thanks to Kemon Jackson
Kemon Jackson was instrumental in extending McClintock's winning streak to eight on Friday. Jackson rushed for 83 yards and three touchdowns on only six carries, and also picked up 146 receiving yards and a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. The bulk of those receiving yards came from one huge play: a catch that gained an incredible 87 yards.
McClintock's win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-0. Jackson and McClintock will host Sunnyslope at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 65.55
Mack Kump Delivers Best Effort of Season
Sadly, Mack Kump posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Sunnyslope over Campo Verde on Friday. Kump picked up 187 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Unfortunately for Campo Verde, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Kump. When Kump last faced the Coyotes back in October of 2023, he picked up 66 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Gamescore: 31.62
Scroggins Posts Huge Game in 47-7 Win
Amari Scroggins was instrumental in extending McClintock's winning streak to eight on Friday. Gilbert had no answer to Scroggins as he picked up 86 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Scroggins and McClintock will face off against Sunnyslope at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The game will pit Scroggins up against the Vikings' star receiver Mack Kump. The only thing left to do is find out who's the greater deep ball threat. You'll have to watch the game to know for sure.
Gamescore: 31.27
Royce Vanacore Makes It Two for Sunnyslope
The second Sunnyslope player making an appearance here is Royce Vanacore, and for good reason. He threw for 223 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 102 yards on only ten carries.
On the year, Vanacore has thrown 10 touchdowns while averaging 165.3 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 30.97
Tristan Harrington Makes Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Tristan Harrington of Skyline. Harrington picked up a sack, forced two fumbles, and made seven total tackles (2.0 for loss).
For the season, Harrington has averaged 4.1 total tackles per game and for the season has those 1 sack. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 2.14 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 25.00
Other Notable Players
- Jaxon Knutson: 313 yards passing (Gamescore: 24.07)
- Zach Thompson: 114 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 18.45)
- Karsten Lee: 30 yards passing; 58 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 15.80)
- JJ Flakes: 1 sack and 11 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 14.73)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
