Max Turner of Granite Hills wrapped the San Diego Section scoring championship after he rushed for three touchdowns in the Eagles’ 34-28, Southern California regional playoff loss against Huntington Beach Edison.
Turner’s 216 points outpaced the 188 of Calipatria’s Dominic Hawk and the 5-foot-8, 185-pounder was a model of consistency for coach Kellan Cobbs’ team, scoring an average of at least three TD’s a game, with a 7.6-yard average for 268 rushing attempts, according to MaxPreps.
Turner, who scored 32 rushing touchdowns, also caught 23 passes for a 9.2-yard average and four touchdowns. He passed once for 44 yards and a touchdown.
The scoring total put the Eagles senior into a tie for 22nd with Imperial’s Royce Freeman (2012) among all-time San Diego Section ballers. Oceanside’s C.R. Roberts had 194 points in 1953 and Ramona’s Gary Mayer 193 in 1958 for all-time highs in the period of 1915-59, when the County was aligned in the CIF Southern Section.
Turner bettered the school record of 150 by Jacob Siegfried in 2017.
