D2 District 1 (8 Man) 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 Performance from Tucker Bickford Leads Weeping Water over Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer
Weeping Water was led to victory by Tucker Bickford, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Bickford rushed for 161 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.5 yards per carry, and also threw for 96 yards and a touchdown while completing 81.8% of his passes, 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 58 yards.
Weeping Water's win was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-1. Bickford will have a chance to log another big game when he takes on Elmwood-Murdock on Thursday.
Gamescore: 54.40
Owen Seger Has Career Rushing Day
Weeping Water was led to victory by Owen Seger, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Seger rushed for 85 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
For the year, Seger has run in 5 touchdowns while averaging 43.1 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 4.29 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 29.33
Harms Came Up Big in Weeping Water's 52-11 Win
Another Weeping Water player making an appearance on this list is Luke Harms. He picked up 50 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 33 yards and a touchdown.
For the year, Harms has caught 2 touchdowns while averaging 19.6 receiving yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 25.71 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 85 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 24.53
Jaren Boschult put up the most rushing yards he's had since back in September of 2023 on Friday. He rushed for 104 yards and a touchdown.
Cedar Bluffs is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-5. Boschult and Cedar Bluffs will head out on the road to face off against Sacred Heart at 6:55 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 20.65
Hunter Bohling Makes Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Hunter Bohling of Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer. Bohling rushed for 78 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 54 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer's loss was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-5. Bohling and Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer will be playing in front of their home fans against Johnson County Central at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 20.37
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