Sun-Star’s Best Prep Football: Stone Ridge Christian’s Perez wins Prep of the Week poll

The Stone Ridge Christian High School football team is off to a 2-0 start this season after a 54-14 win over Gustine last week.

Helping lead the way was sophomore quarterback Mario Perez, who threw for 160 yards and four touchdowns.

Perez won the Merced Sun-Star Prep of the Week Football Poll.

Perez earned the most votes for the Merced Sun-Star’s Prep Football Player of the Week. The sophomore garnered 151,899 votes, which accounted for 59% of the votes.

There were a total of 258,798 votes.

Dos Palos High School quarterback Peyton Van Worth finished second with 100,501 votes.