AA - Western Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances in games played on Thursday and Friday (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
A Season-Best Effort from Jackson Presley Leads Glacier over Flathead
Glacier was led to victory by Jackson Presley, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Presley threw for 235 yards and three touchdowns on only 16 passes, and also rushed for 46 yards and two touchdowns, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
Presley is probably looking forward to his next game, a road matchup against Sentinel on Friday. Presley threw for 311 yards and four touchdowns while completing 73.9% of his passes the last time he and the Spartans duked it out back in November of 2023.
Gamescore: 48.67
Lieberg Came Up Big in Helena's 20-17 Victory
Helena found a leader in Jaxan Lieberg as the squad took down Sentinel on Thursday. Nobody could stop Lieberg as he picked up 109 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Lieberg and Helena will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Butte at 7:00 p.m. Lieberg will face off against Sam Sampson, the Bulldogs' star WR. 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: 36.98
Kobe Dorcheus Goes Supernova in Glacier Win
The second Glacier player making an appearance here is Kobe Dorcheus, and for good reason. He rushed for 150 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries, and also picked up 39 receiving yards.
Flathead's probably not too fond of Dorcheus given he always seems to get the better of them. Dorcheus rushed for 146 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.1 yards per carry the last time he and the Braves/Bravettes duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 36.87
Karson Pumnea Rounds Out Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Karson Pumnea of Butte. Pumnea rushed for 78 yards and three touchdowns. He is becoming a predictor of Butte's success: when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns the team is 2-1 (and 1-3 when he doesn't).
Butte's victory ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-4. Pumnea and Butte will face off against Helena at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 32.98
Other Notable Players
- Mac Lundstrom: 244 yards passing; 33 yards rushing (Gamescore: 32.07)
- Carson Baker: 93 yards receiving, 1 TD ; 26 yards rushing (Gamescore: 28.80)
- Colton Shea: 261 yards passing (Gamescore: 27.20)
- Hudson Luedtke: 127 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 21.62)
- Sam Sampson: 86 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 21.18)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
