Central State Eight - East Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances across Friday and Saturday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Jaterryon Moore Delivers Best Performance of Season
Decatur Eisenhower was led to victory by Jaterryon Moore, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Moore rushed for 257 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 13.5 yards per carry, and also picked up 30 receiving yards. He's now once again averaging 100+ rushing yards (106.1) per game. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Decatur Eisenhower moved to 1-7 with that win, which also ended their 12-game losing streak. Moore and Decatur Eisenhower will be playing in front of their home fans against Springfield Southeast at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 82.13
Alek Weiland Delivers Electric Effort Vs Springfield Southeast
Alek Weiland continued his hot streak on Friday by dropping his sixth-straight game (dating back to last season) with at least three passing touchdowns. He threw for 350 yards and four touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes.
Unfortunately for Springfield Southeast, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Weiland. Back in September of 2023 (the last time Weiland saw the Spartans), he threw for 238 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.8 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 46 yards and two touchdowns.
Gamescore: 31.73
Normal University Gets a Boost from Lynch in 51-6 Victory
The second Normal University player making an appearance here is Rhett Lynch, and for good reason. He rushed for 131 yards and a touchdown on only 15 carries.
Lynch will try to repeat (or improve) on that dominant performance when he faces off against Lanphier on Friday. The last time Lynch took on the Lions, he rushed for 61 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries. Can he match (or beat) that performance?
Gamescore: 27.77
Cade Cunningham Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Normal University was led to victory by Cade Cunningham, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Cunningham picked up 144 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He's now once again averaging 100+ receiving yards (101.9) per game. His receiving production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 111 receiving yards dating back to last season.
For the season, Cunningham has caught 11 touchdowns while averaging 101.9 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 27.07
Other Notable Players
- Mason Jacobs: 80 yards receiving; 25 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 24.38)
- Garryon Henderson: 85 yards passing; 46 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 24.27)
- AJ Holden: 102 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 22.78)
- Cole Matejka: 2.5 sacks and 4 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 22.00)
- Kaiden Stout: 84 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 18.58)
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