Cahokia - Mississippi 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!
Logan Hicks Has Career Rushing Day
Starting off the list is Columbia's Logan Hicks, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. On Friday Hicks rushed for 130 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries, and also picked up 53 receiving yards, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an impressive 56 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
The win was the third in a row for Columbia, bringing their record for this year to 5-2. Hicks and Columbia are taking a road trip to challenge Breese Central at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 48.20
A Season-Best Performance from Jase Nelson Leads Columbia over Salem
Columbia was led to victory by Jase Nelson, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Nelson rushed for 173 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.7 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
For the season, Nelson has averaged 33.4 receiving yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 17 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 91.86 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 45.17
Breese Central Wins Seventh-Straight Thanks to Griffen Becker
Griffen Becker was instrumental in extending Breese Central's winning streak to seven on Friday. Becker did his part (and then some), making 15 total tackles for the 'W'.
Breese Central's victory was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-0. Becker and Breese Central will welcome Columbia at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 37.00
Kaden Rakers Goes Supernova in Breese Central Victory
Kaden Rakers's big game helped extend Breese Central's winning streak to seven on Friday. Rakers was unstoppable, rushing for 107 yards and a touchdown on only 15 carries, while also throwing for 41 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in October of 2023.
Rakers is probably looking forward to his next game, a road matchup against Columbia on Friday. Rakers rushed for 175 yards and three touchdowns, and also picked up 62 receiving yards the last time he and the Eagles duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 36.77
John Higgins Turns in Season-Best Effort
John Higgins produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Freeburg to the win on Friday. Higgins rushed for 59 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries, and also picked up 108 receiving yards.
With the victory, Freeburg broke their four-game losing streak and moved their record to 2-5. Higgins and Freeburg are taking a road trip to square off against Salem at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 32.45
Other Notable Players
- Preston Baker: 262 yards passing (Gamescore: 30.47)
- Miking Ettress: 165 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 27.22)
- Mehki Shorter: 86 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 24.25)
- Travis Skinner: 133 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 23.75)
- Caleb Tucker: 12 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 19.25)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
