Mid-State Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances from Friday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
A Season-Best Effort from Alex Leugers Leads Franklin Community over Greenwood
Franklin Community was led to victory by Alex Leugers, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Leugers rushed for 338 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.5 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 64 yards.
Unfortunately for Greenwood, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Leugers. When Leugers last faced the Woodmen back in October of 2023, he rushed for 221 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 11.1 yards per carry.
Gamescore: 82.30
Kasmir Hicks Has Career Rushing Day
Kasmir Hicks posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He made two total tackles. He also made an appearance on special teams (luckily for Decatur Central): his a 46-yard strike wound up winning them the game.
The victory was the fourth in a row for Decatur Central, bringing their record for this year to 5-2-1. Hicks and Decatur Central will take on Franklin Community at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 39.53
On Friday, Perry Meridian had to settle for second even though Allen Zupan put up the best numbers he has all season. Zupan threw for 164 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 139 yards, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
On the year, Zupan has thrown 11 touchdowns while averaging 167.4 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 0.13 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 50.75 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 36.93
Grady Gardner Turns in Another Game with at Least Seven Total Tackles
On Friday, Martinsville got the W thanks in part to Grady Gardner playing the best football he has all season. Gardner wasn't messing around, making seven total tackles (1.0 for loss) and defending three passes in addition to snagging three interceptions which he returned for a touchdown. The matchup was his third straight with seven or more total tackles dating back to last season.
The win for Martinsville keeps them at an undefeated 8-0. Gardner and Martinsville will take on Plainfield at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 34.50
Byron Hon Turns in Season-Best Performance
Perry Meridian came up short on Friday despite Byron Hon delivering his best game to date. Hon picked up 115 receiving yards and three touchdowns. He has become a key player for Perry Meridian: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least two receiving touchdowns, but 1-4 otherwise.
This season, Hon has caught 8 touchdowns while averaging 77.8 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had five receiving touchdowns.
Gamescore: 33.83
Other Notable Players
- Gunner Ruppert: 120 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 33.50)
- Trey Bennett: 45 yards rushing; 38 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 32.70)
- Kaden Bruhn: 75 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 30.50)
- Clayton Ratliff: 19 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 24.50)
- Andre Watson: 2 sacks and 9 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 23.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
