WPIAL AAAAA Northeast 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!
Miller Made His Presence Known in Pine-Richland's 44-3 Victory
Starting off the list is Pine-Richland's Maclane Miller, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Miller rushed for 135 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.5 yards per carry.
This year, Miller has run in 10 touchdowns while averaging 113.6 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he had two rushing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 31.80
Fox Chapel's Losing Streak Is No More Thanks to Luca Poli
Thanks in part to Luca Poli, Fox Chapel said goodbye to their six-game losing streak. Poli was dynamite on Friday, rushing for 105 yards and a touchdown.
For the year, Poli has run in 2 touchdowns while averaging 19.8 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 28.20
Lawrence ?Jay? Timmons Makes It Two for Pine-Richland
Another Pine-Richland player making an appearance on this list is Lawrence ?Jay? Timmons. He picked up 33 receiving yards.
For the year, ?Jay? Timmons has averaged 53.9 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after nine games last season, he was only averaging 10.11 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 22.55
Plum was sadly handed a loss on Friday, but Darian Nelson did his best to prevent it. Nelson was unstoppable, picking up 31 receiving yards.
For the season, Nelson has averaged 15.2 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 3.7 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 25.3 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 18.85
Sully Slater's Rushing Yards a New Career-High
Fox Chapel's six-game losing streak is now nothing but a memory thanks in part to Sully Slater. On Friday Slater rushed for 58 yards and a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
This season, Slater has run in those 1 touchdown while averaging 15.7 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after nine games last season, he was only averaging 3.78 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 15.40
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