5A Inland Empire Top Football Player Performances

By Team Reports Oct 26, 2024, 12:33am

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5A Inland Empire 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 Kage (Lovie) Weil Leads Lakeland over Sandpoint

Lakeland was led to victory by Kage (Lovie) Weil, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Weil's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 129 rushing yards.

The victory (which was Lakeland's third in a row) raised their record to 6-2. Weil and Lakeland will take on Lewiston at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.

Gamescore: 56.20

Haydon Benson Has Career-Day on Friday

On Friday, Lakeland got the W thanks in part to Haydon Benson playing the best football he has all season. Benson rushed for 75 yards and a touchdown on only six carries, and also threw for 100 yards and a touchdown while completing 87.5% of his passes, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.

On the year, Benson has thrown 6 touchdowns while averaging 125.6 passing yards per game.

Gamescore: 28.67

Another Game with at Least Six Total Tackles from Lucas Garrison

Lucas Garrison continued his hot streak on Friday by dropping his ninth-straight game with at least six total tackles. He made 11 total tackles.

On the year, Garrison has averaged 7.9 total tackles per game and for the season has 0 sacks.

Gamescore: 12.75

Wylie Wimmer Turns in Another Game with at Least Five Total Tackles

Wylie Wimmer continued his hot streak on Friday by dropping his 17th-straight game (dating back to last season) with at least five total tackles. He made 12 total tackles.

For the year, Wimmer has averaged 12.4 total tackles per game and for the season has 1 sack. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 6.11 total tackles per game.

Gamescore: 11.25

A Constellation of Stars for Lakeland

Another Lakeland player making an appearance on this list is Jace Taylor. He picked up 47 receiving yards and a touchdown.

For the season, Taylor has caught 2 touchdowns while averaging 60.5 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had one receiving touchdown.

Gamescore: 11.20

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