A 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!
Griffin Novacek Delivers Best Performance of Season
Griffin Novacek produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Kearney to the win on Friday. Novacek threw for 227 yards and two touchdowns on only 17 passes, and also rushed for 110 yards.
The win (which was Kearney's third in a row) raised their record to 5-1. Novacek and Kearney will take on Millard North at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 37.83
Sawyer Schilke Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Sawyer Schilke produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Kearney to the win on Friday. Schilke picked up a sack and made 18 total tackles (2.0 for loss), good enough to also set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
This season, Schilke has averaged 9.7 total tackles per game and for the season has 4 sacks. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 0.33 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 2.5 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 35.10
Millard North found a leader in Pierce Mooberry as the squad took down Lincoln East on Friday. Mooberry was dynamite, picking up a sack and making seven total tackles. His longest reception was for an incredible 84 yards.
This year, Mooberry has averaged 8 total tackles per game and for the season has 2 sacks. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 4.33 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 9.17 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 34.97
Zion Rush Makes It Two for Millard North
Another Millard North player making an appearance on this list is Zion Rush. He threw for 310 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 11.5 yards per attempt.
For the season, Rush has thrown 13 touchdowns while averaging 168.5 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 32.97
Voichoskie Posts Huge Game in 49-0 Victory
Rounding off our Top Five is Michael Voichoskie of Columbus. Voichoskie rushed for 82 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries.
The win (which was Columbus' fourth in a row) raised their record to 4-2. Voichoskie will try to repeat (or improve) on that dominant effort when he faces off against Lincoln East on Thursday.
Gamescore: 29.35
Other Notable Players
- Josh Dolence: 156 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 28.05)
- Carter Eisenmann: 62 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 24.75)
- Will Wickham: 102 yards passing; 1 TD rushing (Gamescore: 17.60)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
