UpState 8 - West 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!
Mason Atkins' Big Game Leads West Aurora over Aurora East
Mason Atkins's big game helped extend West Aurora's winning streak to eight on Friday. Atkins was unstoppable, throwing for 195 yards and six touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. He is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season.
West Aurora's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-0. Atkins and West Aurora will square off against Streamwood at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 41.80
Kewon Marshall Delivers Best Performance of Season
West Aurora was led to victory by Kewon Marshall, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Marshall picked up 80 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
This season, Marshall has caught 7 touchdowns while averaging 45.2 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 24.88 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.25
West Aurora Wins Eighth-Straight Thanks to Reece Powers
Reece Powers's big game helped extend West Aurora's winning streak to eight on Friday. Powers produced his best game of the campaign : he picked up 74 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He showed off some serious burst, connecting on a big catch for 53 yards.
For the season, Powers has caught 9 touchdowns while averaging 50 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had two receiving touchdowns.
Gamescore: 19.57
Elgin had to settle for second on Friday, but Fabian Ramirez sure wasn't going down easily. Nobody could stop Ramirez as he picked up 38 receiving yards.
Elgin dropped their record down to 2-6 with the loss, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. Ramirez and Elgin will face off against Bartlett at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 18.48
Julian Hernandez put up the most rushing yards he's had since back in August of 2023 on Friday. He forced a fumble and made six total tackles (1.0 for loss).
This year, Hernandez has averaged 3.9 total tackles per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 0.71 receiving yards per game. This year he is averaging three receiving yards.
Gamescore: 17.87
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