3A-2 Region IV District 15 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!
Israel Soto's Big Game Leads Karnes City over Young Men's Leadership Academy
Starting off the list is Karnes City's Israel Soto, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Soto rushed for 147 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
On the year, Soto has averaged 18.8 receiving yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after six games last season, he was only averaging 20.5 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 67.83 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 52.57
Poth Wins Sixth-Straight Thanks to Colin Ramzinski
Colin Ramzinski's big game helped extend Poth's winning streak to six on Friday. Nobody could stop Ramzinski as he made seven total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Poth pushed their record up to 6-0 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season. Ramzinski and Poth will venture away from home to challenge Stockdale at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 39.38
Raishaun Conaway Crosses Big Stat Threshold
On Friday, Young Men's Leadership Academy had to settle for second even though Raishaun Conaway put up the best numbers he has all season. Conaway rushed for 169 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.0 yards per carry. He's now once again averaging 100+ rushing yards (103.7) per game. He was no stranger to the big play, turning on the jets for a run that went for 51 yards.
Young Men's Leadership Academy is on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-5. Conaway will have a chance to log another big game when he takes on Nixon-Smiley on Friday.
Gamescore: 37.68
Garet Gonzales Turns in Season-Best Performance
Garet Gonzales produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Nixon-Smiley to the win on Friday. Gonzales rushed for 98 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries, and also picked up 32 receiving yards and a touchdown. He has become a key player for Nixon-Smiley: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 0-3 otherwise.
This year, Gonzales has run in 4 touchdowns while averaging 71.7 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 36.88
Nixon-Thompson Made His Presence Known in Karnes City's 48-15 Victory
Another Karnes City player making an appearance on this list is Savion Nixon-Thompson. He rushed for 52 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 90 yards and a touchdown.
For the season, Nixon-Thompson has thrown 7 touchdowns while averaging 110.3 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 28.75
Other Notable Players
- Major Luna: 193 yards passing; 22 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 23.97)
- Nate Kopecki: 1 interception and 11 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 21.85)
- Jaylun Rodriguez: 0.5 sacks and 11 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 20.25)
- Trenton Gordon: 105 yards rushing (Gamescore: 19.60)
- Tobyn Noll: 17 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 18.55)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
