District 9 Region 1 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 Easton Belfiore Leads Brookville over Moniteau
Brookville was led to victory by Easton Belfiore, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Belfiore rushed for 87 yards and three touchdowns on only six carries, and also picked up 50 receiving yards and a touchdown. The effort marked the most rushing yards he has had since back in August.
With the victory, Brookville broke their six-game losing streak and moved their record to 2-6. Belfiore and Brookville will square off against Port Allegany at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 61.92
Big Game from Ferguson As Central Clarion [Clarion/Clarion-Limestone/North Clarion] Won 45-0
Jase Ferguson was instrumental in extending Central Clarion [Clarion/Clarion-Limestone/North Clarion]'s winning streak to eight on Friday. Ferguson did his part (and then some), throwing for 334 yards and four touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes, and also rushing for 66 yards and two touchdowns for the 'W'. He is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for four or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season.
Unfortunately for Punxsutawney, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Ferguson. When Ferguson last faced Punxsutawney back in September of 2023, he threw for 279 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.7 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 97 yards on only 13 carries.
Gamescore: 59.17
Kolton Griffin Puts an End to Brookville's Losing Streak on Friday
Thanks in part to Kolton Griffin, Brookville said goodbye to their six-game losing streak. On Friday Griffin rushed for 180 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
This year, Griffin has run in those 2 touchdowns while averaging 38.5 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 20 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 50.40
Sankey Posts Huge Game in 48-8 Defeat
While Moniteau might've come up empty on Friday, Brendin Sankey wasn't going down without a fight. Sankey was unstoppable, throwing for 146 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 52 yards.
Moniteau is on a 16-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-8. Sankey and Moniteau will venture away from home to face off against Union/Allegheny-Clarion Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 42.33
Hunter Scherer's Big Game Leads Karns City over Bradford
Rounding off our Top Five is Hunter Scherer of Karns City. Scherer picked up 78 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 68 yards and a touchdown.
Karns City has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. Scherer and Karns City will take on Keystone at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 41.55
Other Notable Players
- Cole Johnston: 216 yards passing (Gamescore: 33.20)
- Owen Heginbotham: 98 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 32.23)
- Andrew Field: 115 yards rushing; 25 yards receiving (Gamescore: 31.17)
- Ethan Rex: 25 yards rushing; 113 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 27.30)
- Kole Scott: 131 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 26.10)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
