Here’s who fans picked as the Stanislaus District’s football Player of the Week
Modesto High won its season opener over Johansen, 41-24 but for most of the first half, the game looked like it would be much closer.
The Panthers trailed 8-0 heading into its second drive of the second quarter and that’s when things clicked. Quarterback Eli McCabe connected with Heston Blom for a 13-yard touchdown, igniting Modesto’s offense. McCabe finished with 250 yards with three passing touchdowns and one rushing touchdown. Blom caught two of those touchdown passes.
After producing game highs in passing yards and touchdowns, McCabe was voted the season’s first Player of the Week by the fans.
McCabe came in first, earning 66% of the votes in the weekly poll. He finished ahead of Blom (24%) and Downey quarterback Conner Stoddard, who came in second and third place, respectively.
This story was originally published August 26, 2022 at 12:36 PM.
