2A East Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances across Friday and Saturday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
A Season-Best Performance from Ayden Dodge Leads Strasburg over Englewood
Strasburg was led to victory by Ayden Dodge, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Dodge rushed for 174 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries, and also caught a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
Dodge and Strasburg will face off against Kent Denver at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Dodge will face off against Wyatt Walker, the Sun Devils' star rusher. With so much talent on the field, fans are surely in for an exciting game. The only thing left to see is who brings home the W.
Gamescore: 47.63
Bennett was sadly handed a defeat on Saturday, but Brody Hawes did his best to prevent it. Kent Denver had no answer to Hawes as he rushed for 108 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. Hawes also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, making 14 total tackles and defending a pass.
Bennett is on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-7. Hawes and Bennett will have a little extra prep time after the loss as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Strasburg at 7:00 p.m. on November 1st.
Gamescore: 45.80
Englewood was sadly handed a loss on Friday, but Logan Mael did his best to prevent it. Despite the defeat, Mael was still balling out as he rushed for -3 yards.
This year, Mael has averaged 42.9 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 0.57 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 42.50
Walker Posts Huge Game in 48-22 Victory
Wyatt Walker's big game helped extend Kent Denver's winning streak to three on Saturday. Walker was dynamite, rushing for 200 yards while picking up 9.1 yards per carry, and also picking up 55 receiving yards. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 200 rushing yards.
On the year, Walker has averaged 38.4 receiving yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 69.86 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 132.29 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 41.53
Cougar Cronk Makes It Two for Bennett
Another Bennett player making an appearance on this list is Cougar Cronk. He rushed for 123 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries.
For the season, Cronk has run in 4 touchdowns while averaging 90.7 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 40.15
Other Notable Players
- Yianni Balafas: 182 yards passing; 29 yards rushing (Gamescore: 30.13)
- Ian Ross: 1 sack and 6 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.50)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
