4A Great Basin 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!
Damon Taylor Drops League-Best Effort on Friday
Starting off the list is Kimberly's Damon Taylor, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. On Friday Taylor rushed for 158 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.9 yards per carry. The effort marked the most rushing yards he has had since back in October of 2023. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 100 rushing yards dating back to last season.
For the season, Taylor has run in 4 touchdowns while averaging 114.8 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he was only averaging 59.83 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 42.78
Buhl Wins Third-Straight Thanks to Gabe Finley
Gabe Finley was instrumental in extending Buhl's winning streak to three on Friday. Finley's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 114 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Buhl's victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-1. Finley and Buhl will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Kimberly at 7:00 p.m. on October 18th.
Gamescore: 33.00
Bruning Came Up Big in Kimberly's 63-7 Win
Another Kimberly player making an appearance on this list is Macraye Bruning. He threw for 228 yards and four touchdowns on only 19 passes.
On the season, Bruning has thrown 13 touchdowns while averaging 171 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after six games last season, he was only averaging 0.67 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 23.5 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 28.60
Felipe Villegas Makes It Two for Buhl
Another Buhl player making an appearance on this list is Felipe Villegas. He rushed for 66 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries.
On the season, Villegas has run in 3 touchdowns while averaging 28.8 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 23.20
Joe Barrett Turns in Season-Best Effort
Kimberly was led to victory by Joe Barrett, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Barrett picked up 94 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He was no stranger to the big play, cutting upfield on a catch that went for 64 yards.
This season, Barrett has caught 5 touchdowns while averaging 51.5 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 21.57
Other Notable Players
- Cache Palmer: 1 sack and 9 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.25)
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