2A-2 Region II District 8 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!
Jaxon Jenkins Delivers Best Performance of Season
Collinsville was led to victory by Jaxon Jenkins, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Jenkins threw for 241 yards and four touchdowns while completing 81.5% of his passes, and also rushed for 52 yards and a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
Collinsville's victory was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-1. Jenkins and Collinsville will challenge Roscoe at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 48.97
Big Game from Carney As Muenster Won 58-0
Muenster picked up their sixth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Casen Carney. Carney turned in nothing short of a gem, throwing for 185 yards and three touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes, and also rushing for 55 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries. He is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last three games he's played.
This season, Carney has thrown 22 touchdowns while averaging 208.9 passing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after ten games last season, he was only averaging 9.4 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 46.83
Chase Sheppard Makes It Two for Collinsville
The second Collinsville player making an appearance here is Chase Sheppard, and for good reason. He made 12 total tackles.
On the season, Sheppard has averaged 9.1 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 36.08
A Constellation of Stars for Collinsville
Another Collinsville player making an appearance on this list is Garrett Trevino. He rushed for 52 yards.
This season, Trevino has averaged 14.3 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 33.47
A Season-Best Performance from Caden Klement Leads Muenster over Chico
Muenster was led to victory by Caden Klement, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Klement picked up 128 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
For the year, Klement has caught 11 touchdowns while averaging 71.2 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 32.85
Other Notable Players
- Nolan Peel: 65 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 16.20)
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