D2 District 2 (8 Man) Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances from Thursday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Graysen Briggs Delivers Best Effort of Season
Bancroft-Rosalie was led to victory by Graysen Briggs, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Briggs rushed for 215 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.2 yards per carry, and also picked up 96 receiving yards and two touchdowns, 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 59 yards.
Bancroft-Rosalie's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-1. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Panthers challenges Howells-Dodge at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 92.12
Big Game from Buchholz As Bancroft-Rosalie Won 64-54
Nick Buchholz posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Thursday. He rushed for 133 yards and four touchdowns, and also threw for 191 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 passes. His longest rush was for an impressive 56 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
On the season, Buchholz has thrown 26 touchdowns (and and only 5 pick) while averaging 181.2 passing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 37.75 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 73.68
Andrew Haberman Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Wynot was led to victory by Andrew Haberman, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Haberman rushed for 174 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.2 yards per carry, and also caught a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
The win was the sixth in a row for Wynot, bringing their record for this year to 7-2. Haberman and Wynot will challenge Hitchcock County at 2:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 60.87
Gavin Hardeman Goes Supernova in Lyons-Decatur Northeast Defeat
Gavin Hardeman continued his hot streak on Thursday by dropping his fourth-straight game with at least two rushing touchdowns. He rushed for 115 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries.
On the season, Hardeman has run in 19 touchdowns while averaging 130.8 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he had 11 rushing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 57.07
Wegner Posts Huge Game in 64-54 Victory
Braylon Wegner posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Thursday. He picked up 92 receiving yards and a touchdown.
This season, Wegner has caught 12 touchdowns while averaging 84.2 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 34 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 39.88
Other Notable Players
- Lane Heimes: 106 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 32.25)
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