United Kansas 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!
Max Huston Turns in Season-Best Performance
Max Huston produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Seaman to the win on Friday. Huston rushed for 168 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.9 yards per carry, and also threw for 210 yards and two touchdowns while completing 76.5% of his passes, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
Shawnee Heights had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Huston it was a similar story. Huston threw for 318 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 32 yards the last time he and the Thunderbirds duked it out back in September of 2023.
Gamescore: 67.10
Carson Dixon Has Career-Day on Friday
Basehor-Linwood was led to victory by Carson Dixon, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Dixon threw for 373 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.4 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 66 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
The victory for Basehor-Linwood keeps them at an undefeated 6-0. Dixon and Basehor-Linwood will challenge Seaman at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 53.27
Seaman was led to victory by Kaden Mckinney, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Mckinney rushed for 217 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.9 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an incredible 97 yards.
On the season, Mckinney has averaged 26.3 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 48.67
Parker Came Up Big in Shawnee Heights' 59-34 Loss
While Tyren Parker delivered a dominant performance on Friday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Shawnee Heights. Parker turned in nothing short of a gem, picking up 65 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He didn't just play on offense: he also made eight total tackles and defended three passes.
Shawnee Heights is on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-5. Parker and Shawnee Heights will host Lansing at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 35.33
Aiden Scott Makes It Two for Shawnee Heights
Keeping Parker company is Aiden Scott, a fellow Shawnee Heights player. He threw for 357 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 10.5 yards per attempt.
For the year, Scott has thrown 21 touchdowns (and and only 3 picks) while averaging 351.5 passing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he had four passing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 34.60
Other Notable Players
- Keith Slaughter: 135 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 34.20)
- Makhi Butler: 162 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 33.63)
- Bryer Finley: 199 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 32.73)
- Roman Byers: 123 yards rushing, 2 TDs ; 41 yards receiving (Gamescore: 30.15)
- Erickson George: 128 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 28.48)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
