Big Thumb - Blue (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 Effort from Colin Kolb Leads Oakland Christian over Dryden
Oakland Christian was led to victory by Colin Kolb, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Kolb rushed for 278 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 10.3 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 57 yards.
On the season, Kolb has run in 13 touchdowns while averaging 199.6 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after five games last season, he was only averaging 32.8 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 97.37
Hunter Garza Turns in Season-Best Performance
On Friday, Deckerville got the W thanks in part to Hunter Garza playing the best football he has all season. Garza rushed for 144 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries, and also threw for 51 yards and a touchdown.
The win for Deckerville keeps them at an undefeated 7-0. Garza and Deckerville will head out on the road to challenge Capac at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 50.10
Parker Merriman Delivers Best Effort of Season
Deckerville was led to victory by Parker Merriman, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Merriman rushed for 100 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries.
This year, Merriman has run in 8 touchdowns while averaging 82.3 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 32.32
Jake Brock put up the most rushing yards he's had since back in September of 2023 on Friday. He rushed for 57 yards.
On the year, Brock has averaged 71 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 4.8 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 42.8 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 23.18
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
