Railbelt Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances across Friday and Saturday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Oschaun Easaw Delivers Best Effort of Season
On Saturday, Lathrop got the W thanks in part to Oschaun Easaw playing the best football he has all season. Easaw rushed for 205 yards and four touchdowns on only 12 carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: he has now rushed for 115 or more in the last nine games he's played dating back to last season.
If history really does repeat itself, Easaw might just drop another big game when he faces off against North Pole on Saturday. Easaw rushed for 153 yards and two touchdowns the last time he and the Patriots duked it out back in September.
Gamescore: 60.20
Deshon Hall Makes It Two for Lathrop
Keeping Easaw company is Deshon Hall, a fellow Lathrop player. He picked up 30 receiving yards and a touchdown.
This season, Hall has caught 3 touchdowns while averaging 12.7 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 23.58
Eagle River had to settle for second on Friday, but Braden Ott sure wasn't going down easily. Chugiak had no answer to Ott as he picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made nine total tackles. Eagle River is 2-1 when Ott posts three or more total tackles, but 2-4 otherwise.
For the year, Ott has averaged 4.6 total tackles per game and for the season has 3 sacks.
Gamescore: 22.75
Jimmy Runnels Rounds Out Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Jimmy Runnels of North Pole. Runnels wasn't messing around on Friday, picking up a sack and making ten total tackles. The contest was his sixth straight with five or more total tackles dating back to last season.
With the defeat, North Pole broke their seven-game winning streak and moved their record to 7-2. Runnels and North Pole will play host again on Friday to welcome Lathrop, where kickoff is scheduled at 6:00 p.m.
Gamescore: 18.75
Other Notable Players
- Braiden Martin: 167 yards passing; 25 yards rushing (Gamescore: 18.43)
- Jaycee Brooks: 40 yards receiving, 1 TD ; 28 yards rushing (Gamescore: 17.23)
- Devin Emmett: 107 yards passing (Gamescore: 16.83)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
