2A-I District 3 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!
Luke Quinter's Rushing Yards a New Career-High
Starting off the list is Bethel's Luke Quinter, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. On Friday Quinter rushed for 158 yards, and also caught a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: he has now rushed for 112 or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
On the season, Quinter has averaged 111.8 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 54.4 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 48.42
Kiefer Gets a Boost from Breland in 58-7 Victory
Kiefer found a leader in Bradley Breland as the team took down Roland on Friday. Breland was unstoppable, rushing for 100 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries, while also picking up 46 receiving yards and a touchdown.
On the season, Breland has run in 5 touchdowns while averaging 87.4 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had one rushing touchdown.
Gamescore: 37.98
A Season-Best Effort from Hagen Ritter Leads Heavener over Prague
Heavener was led to victory by Hagen Ritter, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Ritter rushed for 158 yards on only 12 carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
On the year, Ritter has averaged 76.8 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after five games last season, he was only averaging 4.8 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 31.30
Cameron Bowman Delivers Best Performance of Season
Kiefer was led to victory by Cameron Bowman, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Bowman forced a fumble and made ten total tackles (3.0 for loss) in addition to snagging an interception which he returned one-yard for a touchdown.
This season, Bowman has averaged 7.2 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 28.75
Brayden Holt Turns in Season-Best Effort
Kiefer was led to victory by Brayden Holt, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Holt picked up 134 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He was no stranger to the big play, lighting up the secondary with a catch that went for 60 yards.
This season, Holt has caught those 2 touchdowns while averaging 26.8 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after five games last season, he had one receiving touchdown.
Gamescore: 28.73
Other Notable Players
- Blake Stopp: 37 yards passing; 34 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 26.62)
- Carson Payne: 115 yards rushing (Gamescore: 25.80)
- Cash Worley: 194 yards passing (Gamescore: 23.53)
- Zaid Rodriguez: (Gamescore: 23.20)
- Maddox Davis: 78 yards passing; 84 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 19.95)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
