3A Western Slope Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances in games played on Thursday and Friday (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Mason Markovich Tops All Others This Week
Starting off the list is Glenwood Springs's Mason Markovich, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Markovich turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday, making ten total tackles (4.0 for loss). He showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 56 yards.
Markovich and Glenwood Springs have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome Eagle Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The Demons had to take a loss when they last met the Devils, but Markovich had little to do with the loss: he forced a fumble and made 11 total tackles. Can he match (or beat) that performance?
Gamescore: 80.80
Easton Embrey Delivers Best Performance of Season
Palisade was led to victory by Easton Embrey, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Embrey rushed for 123 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 72 yards.
Palisade is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season. Embrey and Palisade will be playing at home against Rifle at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 41.05
Kaleb Reed Has Career-Day on Thursday
Kaleb Reed posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Thursday. He rushed for 44 yards and a touchdown.
This season, Reed has run in 2 touchdowns while averaging 24.5 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he was only averaging 9.83 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 29.75
Glenwood Springs was led to victory by Jerick Sorensen, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Sorensen rushed for 77 yards, and also picked up 41 receiving yards, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 52 yards.
Sorensen and Glenwood Springs have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome Eagle Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The match will pit Sorensen up against the Devils' star wideout Trevor Dunn. The only thing left to do is find out who's the greater deep ball threat. You'll have to watch the game to know for sure.
Gamescore: 25.62
A Season-Best Performance from Branson Springer Leads Palisade over Summit
Branson Springer produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Palisade to the win on Thursday. Springer threw for 77 yards and two touchdowns, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground.
For the season, Springer has thrown 4 touchdowns while averaging 53.2 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after six games last season, he was only averaging 3.13 passer rating per game. This year he is averaging 87.7 passer rating.
Gamescore: 21.43
Other Notable Players
- Colter Blakey: 275 yards passing; 1 TD rushing (Gamescore: 21.43)
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