Cascades - East Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances across Friday and Saturday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Brayden Lape's Big Game Leads Grass Lake over Addison
Starting off the list is Grass Lake's Brayden Lape, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Lape threw for 429 yards and seven touchdowns.
This season, Lape has thrown 32 touchdowns while averaging 281.8 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 15.67 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 28 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 60.00
Leslie Gets a Boost from Cranmore in 35-14 Win
Joel Cranmore posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Saturday. He rushed for 130 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries, and also threw for 238 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.7% of his passes.
Leslie's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-1. Cranmore and Leslie will be playing at home against Atherton at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 57.27
Bryant Cook Makes It Two for Grass Lake
Another Grass Lake player making an appearance on this list is Bryant Cook. He picked up 96 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more receiving touchdowns the last three times he's played.
On the year, Cook has caught 13 touchdowns while averaging 93 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 41.60
Another Game with at Least 121 Receiving Yards from Jacob Collins
Another Grass Lake player making an appearance on this list is Jacob Collins. He picked up 154 receiving yards and two touchdowns. His receiving production has been exceptional as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 121 receiving yards.
For the season, Collins has caught 10 touchdowns while averaging 125.5 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had three receiving touchdowns.
Gamescore: 38.65
Amaree Padgett Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Amaree Padgett posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 76 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 105 yards on ten of 20 attempts.
This season, Padgett has averaged 89.4 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after nine games last season, he was only averaging 1.44 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 45.67 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 31.07
Other Notable Players
- Tanner Craft: 1 sack and 16 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 30.50)
- Braydin Johnson: 101 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 27.68)
- Jayden Colby: (Gamescore: 21.37)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
