Central 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!
A Season-Best Effort from Nate Luzadder Leads Frankton over Blackford
Frankton was led to victory by Nate Luzadder, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Luzadder rushed for 279 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.1 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
If history really does repeat itself, Luzadder might just drop another big game when he faces off against Elwood on Friday. When Luzadder last faced the Panthers back in September of 2023, he rushed for 182 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 10.7 yards per carry.
Gamescore: 68.60
Ah'lijah Monday's Big Game Leads Mississinewa over Eastbrook
Ah'Lijah Monday's big game helped extend Mississinewa's winning streak to eight on Friday. Monday was unstoppable, rushing for 167 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.0 yards per carry. Those 167 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
Mississinewa pushed their record up to 8-0 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. Monday and Mississinewa are taking a road trip to face off against Madison-Grant at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 39.75
Lance Wyrick Delivers Electric Performance Vs Elwood
Oak Hill found a leader in Lance Wyrick as the team took down Elwood on Friday. Elwood had no answer to Wyrick as he rushed for 87 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries.
This season, Wyrick has run in 9 touchdowns while averaging 94.2 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he had one rushing touchdown.
Gamescore: 38.65
Kellen Rock and Co. Win Eighth in a Row
Kellen Rock was instrumental in extending Mississinewa's winning streak to eight on Friday. Nobody could stop Rock as he threw for 134 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes.
On the year, Rock has thrown 18 touchdowns while averaging 109.5 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 1.5 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 9.88 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 29.93
Mississinewa Wins Eighth-Straight Thanks to Jaxon Ott
Mississinewa picked up their eighth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Jaxon Ott. Eastbrook had no answer to Ott as he made five total tackles.
For the year, Ott has averaged 4.6 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 28.23
Other Notable Players
- Brady Gast: 205 yards passing; 25 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 18.27)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
