North Central Missouri 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!
Hunter Cuno Delivers Best Effort of Season
Mexico was led to victory by Hunter Cuno, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Cuno rushed for 164 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.1 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 64 yards.
Mexico's win ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-4. Cuno and Mexico will be playing at home against MICDS at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 53.35
Kent Made His Presence Known in Kirksville's 42-0 Victory
Jace Kent's big game helped extend Kirksville's winning streak to eight on Friday. Kent did his part (and then some), rushing for 158 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries for the 'W'. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 141 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Unfortunately for Fulton, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Kent. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Kent saw the Hornets), he rushed for 247 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.4 yards per carry, and also picked up 37 receiving yards.
Gamescore: 45.20
Drew Demint Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Drew Demint produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Mexico to the win on Friday. Demint rushed for 170 yards and a touchdown on only 15 carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an incredible 70 yards.
This season, Demint has averaged 15.1 receiving yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he had three rushing touchdowns. This year he is already up to seven.
Gamescore: 40.48
Peyton Hoover's Rushing Yards a New Career-High
Peyton Hoover posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He made eight total tackles (1.0 for loss).
On the year, Hoover has averaged 6.6 total tackles per game and for the season has 2 interceptions. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 20.88 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 37.25 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 33.75
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