5A Region 5 Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances in games played on Wednesday and Thursday (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Big Game from Young As Roy Fell 42-35
Starting off the list is Roy's Robert Young, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Young picked up 119 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 63 yards and two touchdowns.
With the defeat, Roy broke their eight-game winning streak and moved their record to 8-1. Young and Roy will face off against Northridge at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Gamescore: 52.78
Titan Longson's Big Game Leads Viewmont over Bonneville
Viewmont found a leader in Titan Longson as the team took down Bonneville on Thursday. Longson was dynamite, throwing for 295 yards and five touchdowns while completing 77.3% of his passes.
On the season, Longson has thrown 32 touchdowns while averaging 291.1 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 41.47
Another Game with at Least 101 Rushing Yards from Viliami Tapa'atoutai
Viliami Tapa'Atoutai continued his hot streak on Wednesday by dropping his fourth-straight game (dating back to last season) with at least 101 rushing yards. He rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns.
For the year, Tapa'Atoutai has run in 16 touchdowns while averaging 138.4 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 10.11 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 32.75
A Season-Best Performance from Cooper Tubbs Leads Northridge over Clearfield
On Thursday, Northridge got the W thanks in part to Cooper Tubbs playing the best football he has all season. Tubbs wasn't messing around, making 15 total tackles (2.0 for loss) and snagged an interception. The match was his fourth straight with six or more total tackles dating back to last season.
On the year, Tubbs has averaged 7.9 total tackles per game and for the season has 2 interceptions. He is looking even better than he did last year: after nine games last season, he was only averaging 1.33 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 30.75
Dontae Dyson Makes It Two for Northridge
Keeping Tubbs company is Dontae Dyson, a fellow Northridge player. He made three total tackles.
Gamescore: 24.43
Other Notable Players
- Keaton Fuit: 3 sacks and 5 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 24.00)
- Tre Nye: 188 yards passing (Gamescore: 22.63)
- Andrew Ortiz: 84 yards rushing, 1 TD ; 51 yards receiving (Gamescore: 22.15)
- Drez Jensen: 49 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 17.07)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
