Illinois Central Eight 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!
Chase Rivera Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Starting off the list is Peotone's Chase Rivera, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. On Friday Rivera rushed for 300 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.5 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 117.1 rushing yards per game.
With the win, Peotone broke their three-game losing streak and moved their record to 4-3. Rivera and Peotone will head out to face off against Lisle at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 82.23
A Season-Best Performance from Alek Draper Leads Herscher over Lisle
Herscher was led to victory by Alek Draper, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Draper rushed for 278 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.3 yards per carry, and also picked up 52 receiving yards.
Herscher now has a winning record of 4-3. Draper and Herscher are taking a road trip to face off against Coal City at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 68.25
Tucker Cain Makes It Two for Peotone
Another Peotone player making an appearance on this list is Tucker Cain. He rushed for 151 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries. He has become a key player for Peotone: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-3 otherwise.
This year, Cain has run in 6 touchdowns while averaging 65.6 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 40.90
Tanner Jones Makes It Two for Herscher
Another Herscher player making an appearance on this list is Tanner Jones. He rushed for 64 yards.
Jones must have Lisle's number; he was a force to be reckoned with the last time he faced them too. When Jones last faced the Lions back in October of 2023, he threw for 230 yards and four touchdowns while completing 89.5% of his passes, and also rushed for 98 yards on only six carries.
Gamescore: 14.25
A Constellation of Stars for Peotone
Another Peotone player making an appearance on this list is Brandon Pleckham. He picked up a sack and made six total tackles.
For the season, Pleckham has averaged 3.8 total tackles per game and for the season has those 1 sack. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 2.5 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 12.00
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