North Central Missouri 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!
Hunter Cuno Delivers Best Performance of Season
Hunter Cuno produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Mexico to the win on Friday. Cuno rushed for 164 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.1 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 64 yards.
Mexico's win ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-4. Cuno and Mexico will challenge MICDS on Friday.
Gamescore: 53.35
Jace Kent Dazzles in Kirksville Victory
Kirksville picked up their eighth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Jace Kent. Kent was unstoppable, rushing for 158 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries. His rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 141 rushing yards.
Unfortunately for Fulton, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Kent. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Kent saw the Hornets), he rushed for 247 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.4 yards per carry, and also picked up 37 receiving yards.
Gamescore: 45.20
Drew Demint Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Mexico was led to victory by Drew Demint, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Demint rushed for 170 yards and a touchdown on only 15 carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an incredible 70 yards.
For the year, Demint has averaged 15.1 receiving yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after eight games last season, he had three rushing touchdowns. This year he is already up to seven.
Gamescore: 40.48
Peyton Hoover's Rushing Yards a New Career-High
Peyton Hoover posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He made eight total tackles (1.0 for loss).
On the year, Hoover has averaged 6.6 total tackles per game and for the season has 2 interceptions. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 20.88 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 37.25 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 33.75
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