Northern Illinois 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!
Kelly Posts Huge Game in 44-15 Win
Dom Kelly's big game helped extend Hononegah's winning streak to six on Friday. Kelly was dynamite, rushing for 94 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries.
Hononegah's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-0. Kelly and Hononegah will welcome Boylan Catholic at 7:10 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 27.67
Belvidere was sadly handed a defeat on Friday, but Demetrious Taborn did his best to prevent it. Taborn was unstoppable, picking up 68 receiving yards.
Belvidere is on a nine-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-6. Taborn and Belvidere will challenge Jefferson at 7:15 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 14.05
Romeo Perez Makes It Two for Belvidere
Keeping Taborn company is Romeo Perez, a fellow Belvidere player. He wasn't messing around on Friday, making eight total tackles. The contest was his sixth straight with six or more total tackles dating back to last season.
This season, Perez has averaged 8.5 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 8.25
Hononegah Wins Sixth-Straight Thanks to Xander Swanson
Xander Swanson's big game helped extend Hononegah's winning streak to six on Friday. Rockford East had no answer to Swanson as he made four total tackles (1.0 for loss).
On the season, Swanson has averaged 4 total tackles per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after four games last season, he was only averaging 1.25 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 8.00
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
