Southern Indiana 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!
Jalen Sutton Turns in Season-Best Effort
Evansville Harrison was led to victory by Jalen Sutton, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Sutton rushed for 191 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an incredible 84 yards.
The victory snapped Evansville Harrison's losing streak at ten games dating back to last season and leaves them with a 1-7 record. Sutton and Evansville Harrison are taking a road trip to take on Evansville Mater Dei at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 67.30
Matthew Fisher Delivers Electric Performance Vs Evansville Reitz
Evansville Memorial picked up their seventh consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Matthew Fisher. Evansville Reitz had no answer to Fisher as he threw for 350 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also punched in two touchdowns on the ground.
This season, Fisher has thrown 21 touchdowns (and no picks) while averaging 209.4 passing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 6.86 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 50.73
A Season-Best Effort from Luke Ellspermann Leads Evansville Memorial over Evansville Reitz
On Friday, Evansville Memorial got the W thanks in part to Luke Ellspermann playing the best football he has all season. Ellspermann picked up 201 receiving yards and three touchdowns, and also punched in a rushing score. He showed off some serious burst, lighting up the secondary with a catch for 62 yards.
Evansville Reitz had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Ellspermann it was a similar story. Back in November of 2023 (the last time Ellspermann saw the Panthers), he rushed for 78 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 76 yards and a touchdown on only six passes.
Gamescore: 44.32
Castle Wins Fifth-Straight Thanks to Max Mccool
Max Mccool's big game helped extend Castle's winning streak to five on Friday. Jasper had no answer to Mccool as he rushed for 147 yards and a touchdown. Mccool's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 117 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Unfortunately for Jasper, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Mccool. Mccool rushed for 147 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.2 yards per carry the last time he and the Wildcats duked it out back in September of 2023.
Gamescore: 26.78
Anthony Bavone Puts an End to Evansville Harrison's Losing Streak on Friday
Thanks in part to Anthony Bavone, Evansville Harrison said goodbye to their ten-game losing streak dating back to last season. Bavone rushed for 61 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries, and also threw for 86 yards and a touchdown on perfect 6-for-6 passing, good enough for us to rate the performance as the best he's had all season long. Those 61 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
For the year, Bavone has thrown 3 touchdowns while averaging 67.8 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 25.53
Other Notable Players
- Gavin Leach: 15 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 20.00)
- Brodie Farmer: 14 total tackles (Gamescore: 18.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
