North Central Missouri 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!
Hunter Cuno Turns in Season-Best Performance
Hunter Cuno produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Mexico to the win on Friday. Cuno rushed for 164 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.1 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 64 yards.
Mexico's win ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-4. Cuno's next matchup is against MICDS on Friday, where he'll look to repeat that solid performance.
Gamescore: 53.35
Kirksville Gets a Boost from Kent in 42-0 Win
Jace Kent was instrumental in extending Kirksville's winning streak to eight on Friday. Nobody could stop Kent as he rushed for 158 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 141 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Unfortunately for Fulton, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Kent. When Kent last faced the Hornets back in October of 2023, he rushed for 247 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.4 yards per carry, and also picked up 37 receiving yards.
Gamescore: 45.20
Drew Demint's Rushing Yards a New Career-High
Drew Demint produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Mexico to the win on Friday. Demint rushed for 170 yards and a touchdown on only 15 carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an incredible 70 yards.
This year, Demint has averaged 15.1 receiving yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he had three rushing touchdowns. This year he is already up to seven.
Gamescore: 40.48
Peyton Hoover Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Peyton Hoover posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He made eight total tackles (1.0 for loss).
For the season, Hoover has averaged 6.6 total tackles per game and for the season has 2 interceptions. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 20.88 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 37.25 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 33.75
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