Northwestern 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!
Zayden Burks Earns League's Top Spot
Starting off the list is Skyline's Zayden Burks, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Burks rushed for 182 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.1 yards per carry. He's now once again averaging 100+ rushing yards (103.3) per game.
The victory was the third in a row for Skyline, bringing their record for this year to 4-3. Their road trip will continue as they head out to face Meridian at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 40.70
Mulhern Posts Huge Game in 44-20 Win
Jacob Mulhern's big game helped extend Kettle Run's winning streak to seven on Friday. Mulhern was dynamite, throwing for 334 yards and four touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes.
Kettle Run's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-0. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Cougars challenges Warren County at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 39.27
Colton Quaker Dazzles in Kettle Run Win
Colton Quaker's big game helped extend Kettle Run's winning streak to seven on Friday. Quaker was dynamite, rushing for 134 yards and two touchdowns. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in November of 2023.
Unfortunately for Sherando, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Quaker. When Quaker last faced the Warriors back in October of 2023, he rushed for 166 yards and three touchdowns, and also picked up 42 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Gamescore: 37.22
Zach Roth Turns in Season-Best Effort
Kettle Run was led to victory by Zach Roth, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Roth picked up 169 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He showed off some serious burst, cutting upfield on a catch for 61 yards.
On the year, Roth has caught 7 touchdowns while averaging 75.1 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he had three receiving touchdowns.
Gamescore: 32.70
Jonathan Leach Delivers Best Performance of Season
Jonathan Leach produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Skyline to the win on Friday. Leach picked up three sacks and made ten total tackles.
This season, Leach has averaged 6 total tackles per game and for the season has 5 sacks.
Gamescore: 29.25
Other Notable Players
- Colton Lubbe: 134 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 27.73)
- Isiah Maxwell: 80 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 20.25)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
