Jason Jewell
Player of the Week
Empire RB Sean Fitzsimmons broke the state rushing record Friday. He ran for 516 yards and 6 TDs against Catalina.
QBs
*Junior Emanuel Gant from Tempe threw for 422 yards and 4 TDs against Moon Valley.
*Cienega’s Adriell Alvarado threw for 279 yards and 3 TDs. All 3 TDs went toChristian Poe.
*Quarterback battle in the Pinnacle v. Horizon game. Pinnacle’s Brian Lewerke threw for 384 yards and 5 TDs. While Dalton Sneed from Horizon threw for 260 yards and 5 TDs.
*Josh Eckley from Marcos had 373 yards passing, 86 yards rushing and 4 total TDs against Mesquite.
*Playing QB, Cameron Denson from Salpointe had 173 yards rushing, threw 1 TD and returned a punt for another score.
*Daniel Bridge-Gadd, a sophomore from Paradise Valley, had 367 yards and 5 TDs against Notre Dame.
*Ft. Hills’ Luke McDermott threw for 278 yards and 4 TDs against Globe.
*Chaparral’s Chandler Fox had 333 yards and 3 TDs.
*Kyle Allen from Desert Mountain threw for 296 yards and 4 TDs against Desert Ridge.
*St. Marys’ Josh Coronado had 285 yards and 4 TDs against Trevor Browne.
*Saguaro’s Luke Rubenzer threw for 357 yards and 3 TDs and ran for 151 yards and 3 more scores against Higley.
*Desert Edge’s Anthony Hernandez threw for 279 yards and 3 TDs in a win over Buckeye.
*Luke Pineda from Campo Verde had 280 passing yards and 4 TDs against Poston Butte. He also had a rushing TD.
*Brandon Haagsma from Valley Christian threw for 241 yards and 3 TDs.
*Brophy’s Brian Woodward had 234 yards and 4 TDs in a win over Dobson.
*Kyle Johnson from Seton Catholic threw 5 TDs.
*Liberty’s Tyler Wyatt threw for 265 yards and 3 TDs, ran for a 4th and kicked 2 FGs.
*Bryce Perkins from Chandler threw 3 TDs and ran for a 4th against Basha.
*Apollo’s Jordan Gungl had 246 yards and 3 TDs against Kellis.
RBs
*Connor Graham from Notre Dame ran 229 yards and 2 TDs.
*Esteban Arteaga from McClintock ran for 172 yards and 3 TDs against South.
*Catalina Foothills’ Ty Cruz rushed for 168 yards, had 97 receiving and had 3 total TDs against Marana.
*Kamron Johnson from Tempe had 146 yards and 3 TDs against Moon Valley.
*Cory Kasperson from Valley Christian had 145 yards and 3 TDs against Paradise Honors.
*Paul Perry from Mesquite had 137 yards and 3 TDs against Marcos.
*Sunnyslope’s Tim Fryson ad 291 yards and 4 TDs against Carl Hayden.
*Sabino’s Zaxh Joseph had 3 TDs against Douglas.
*St. Johns’ Jake Zieler had 3 rushing TDs.
*Chaparral’s Elijah Castro 45 yards rushing, 94 yards receiving and 3 total TDs.
Receivers
*Desert Mountain’s Mark Andrews had 201 yards and 3 TDs against Desert Ridge.
*Cules Rose from Pinnacle had 136 yards and 2 TDs against Horizon.
*Valley Vista’s Terry Juniel had 3 receiving TDs, 1 rushing and returned an INT for a score against Maryvale.
*Canyon del Oro’s J.J. Metz had 6 catches for 190 yards and 3 TDs against Flowing Wells.
*Ben Sims from Buena had 140 yards rushing, 113 receiving yards and 4 total TDs against Nogales.
Special Teams/Defense/Misc.
*Junior Taren Morrison from Desert Ridge had 315 yards rushing and 2 TDs. He also returned a kick 99 yards for a score.
*Austin Carver kicker from Gilbert made 3 FGs. He hit from 20, 44 and 52 in their win.
*Ricky Wilson from San Tan Foothills had 161 yards rushing and 2 TDs on offense. He was also a terror on D, recording 14 tackles, 4 TFLs, a sack and an INT.
*Highland DE Grant Thompson had 9 tackles, 4 TFL’s, 1 sack, 3 forced fumbles and a fumble recovery.