Northern Illinois 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!
Big Game from Kelly As Hononegah Won 44-15
Dom Kelly's big game helped extend Hononegah's winning streak to six on Friday. Kelly did his part (and then some), rushing for 94 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries for the 'W'.
Hononegah pushed their record up to 6-0 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Kelly's next matchup is against Boylan Catholic on Friday, where he'll look to repeat that solid effort.
Gamescore: 27.67
Belvidere was sadly handed a loss on Friday, but Demetrious Taborn did his best to prevent it. Nobody could stop Taborn as he picked up 68 receiving yards.
Belvidere is on a nine-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-6. Taborn and Belvidere will take on Jefferson at 7:15 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 14.05
Romeo Perez Makes It Two for Belvidere
Another Belvidere player making an appearance on this list is Romeo Perez. He wasn't messing around on Friday, making eight total tackles. The matchup was his sixth straight with six or more total tackles dating back to last season.
This year, Perez has averaged 8.5 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 8.25
Hononegah Wins Sixth-Straight Thanks to Xander Swanson
Hononegah picked up their sixth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Xander Swanson. Rockford East had no answer to Swanson as he made four total tackles (1.0 for loss).
This season, Swanson has averaged 4 total tackles per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after four games last season, he was only averaging 1.25 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 8.00
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
