Western Illinois Valley - South 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!
Waylon White Delivers Best Performance of Season
Pleasant Hill/Western was led to victory by Waylon White, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. White rushed for 183 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.3 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He has become a key player for Pleasant Hill/Western: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 0-3 otherwise.
Pleasant Hill/Western's victory ended a seven-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-4. White will try to repeat (or improve) on that dominant effort when he faces off against Calhoun/Brussels on Friday.
Gamescore: 57.10
Greenfield/Northwestern found a leader in Garrett Costello as the squad took down West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] on Friday. Costello did his part (and then some), picking up 156 receiving yards and three touchdowns for the 'W'.
Greenfield/Northwestern pushed their record up to 5-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. Costello and Greenfield/Northwestern will square off against Carrollton at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 37.93
Brody Berry Turns in Season-Best Performance
North Greene came up short on Friday despite Brody Berry delivering his best game to date. Berry rushed for 69 yards and a touchdown.
North Greene is on a 15-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-6. Berry and North Greene will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] at 7:00 p.m.
Gamescore: 37.53
Wyatt Stuart Makes It Two for Greenfield/Northwestern
Another Greenfield/Northwestern player making an appearance on this list is Wyatt Stuart. He rushed for 23 yards and a touchdown.
On the season, Stuart has run in 4 touchdowns while averaging 18.2 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 12 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 34.12
A Constellation of Stars for Greenfield/Northwestern
Another Greenfield/Northwestern player making an appearance on this list is Talon Albrecht. He threw for 242 yards and three touchdowns.
For the season, Albrecht has thrown 12 touchdowns (and and only 1 pick) while averaging 178 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 30.68
Other Notable Players
- Luke Kunz: 1 interception and 10 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 19.48)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
