There were many dominant high school football performances in Week 6 across Southern California and TeamFB7 highlights the best performers of the week.
Most teams across Southern California began league play in Week 6 and many players delivered with strong performances. Players from across the LA City Section, San Diego Section and Southern Section had big games for their teams this week.
Taking a Look Across Southern California at the Top HS Football Performances from Week 6
Here are the top high school performances in Southern California from Week 6 following a busy Week 5.
Top Passing Performances
Zachary Benitez, Granite Hills
Zachary Benitez completed 27 of 34 passes for 280 yards with 5 touchdowns and ran for a touchdown in Granite Hills’ 44-24 win over Grossmont. The San Jose State commit etched his name into San Diego history and became just the second quarterback in San Diego history to throw for over 10,000 career yards.
Thaddeus Breaux, Hamilton
Thaddeus Breaux threw for 362 yards with 5 touchdowns and ran for 61 yards in Los Angeles Hamilton’s 33-21 win over University.
Eiler King, San Juan Hills
Eiler King completed 24 of 29 passes for a career-high 473 yards with 7 touchdowns in San Juan Hills’ 61-10 win over Los Alamitos. The senior transfer from San Clemente has thrown 24 touchdown passes this season with 0 interceptions.
Trevor Scott, Long Beach Poly
Trevor Scott threw for 301 yards with 5 touchdowns in his season-debut for Long Beach Poly in a 55-0 win over Lakewood to kick off Moore League play. The sophomore transferred from Mater Dei and had to observe the sit-out period for the team’s first five games.
Austin Stefl, Mission Bay
Austin Stefl completed 19 of 23 passes for 387 yards with 5 touchdowns for Mission Bay in its 34-6 win over Canyon Hills.
Dane Weber, Chaparral
Dane Weber threw for 200 yards with 3 touchdowns and ran for 120 yards with a touchdown in his season-debut against Murrieta Valley. The Cal commit had surgery on his thumb in August and is back to lead Chaparral’s offense. The Pumas are 3-3 overall heading into the last month of the season.
Top Rushing Performances
Maliq Allen, St. John Bosco
Maliq Allen ran for 180 yards with 3 touchdowns and added a receiving touchdown for St. John Bosco in its 40-14 win over JSerra.
Caleb Bey Jr., Crean Lutheran
Caleb Bey Jr. ran for 141 yards with 3 touchdowns in Crean Lutheran’s 21-7 win over Tustin in its Bravo League opener. The Cal Poly commit accounted for 52 percent of Crean Lutheran’s total offense in the win.
Ryan Christianson, Orange Lutheran
Ryan Christianson ran for 144 yards with 4 touchdowns in Orange Lutheran’s 56-21 win over Servite in its Trinity League opener.
Tru Warrior Casas, Fairfax
Tru Warrior Casas ran for 375 yards on just 15 carries with 4 touchdowns in Fairfax’s 42-0 win over Westchester. The 375 yards are a career-high for the senior, breaking his previous best of 288 yards just two games ago. He is the leading rusher in the state this season and the sixth leading rusher in the nation.
Paisios Polamalu, St. Augustine
Paisios Polamalu ran for 360 yards with 5 touchdowns in St. Augustine’s 48-40 win over University City. The 360 yards are a career-high, breaking his previous career-high of 316 yards last season against La Jolla.
Top Receiving Performances
Luke Frith, San Juan Hills
Luke Frith caught 8 passes for 197 yards with 3 touchdowns for San Juan Hills in its 61-10 win over Los Alamitos.
Raiden Velasquez, Orange Lutheran
Raiden Velasquez caught 4 passes for 143 yards with 2 touchdowns in Orange Lutheran’s 56-21 win over Servite.
Top Defensive Performances
Xavier Brooks, Laguna Beach
Xavier Brooks had two sacks and blocked a field goal in Laguna Beach’s 28-14 win over Troy in its Delta League opener.
Maddox Mataele, Mission Viejo
Maddox Mataele had 12 tackles, 8 for a loss with 5 sacks in Mission Viejo’s 42-14 win over Edison. He has had more than one sack in four games this season and has sacks in five of his six games.
David Nansen, Bellflower
David Nansen had 4 sacks in Bellflower’s 40-33 win over Santa Fe.
Logan Zack, Trabuco Hills
Logan Zack had 13 tackles with 3 sacks in Trabuco Hills’ 28-14 win over Brea Olinda in its Epsilon League opener.
