Mid-State 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!
Alex Leugers Turns in Season-Best Effort
Alex Leugers produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Franklin Community to the win on Friday. Leugers rushed for 338 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.5 yards per carry, 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 64 yards.
Greenwood had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Leugers it was a similar story. When Leugers last faced the Woodmen back in October of 2023, he rushed for 221 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 11.1 yards per carry.
Gamescore: 82.30
Kasmir Hicks Has Career-Day on Friday
Kasmir Hicks posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He made two total tackles. He also made an appearance on special teams (luckily for Decatur Central): his a 46-yard strike wound up winning them the game.
The win (which was Decatur Central's fourth in a row) raised their record to 5-2-1. Hicks and Decatur Central will take on Franklin Community at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 39.53
Perry Meridian came up short on Friday despite Allen Zupan delivering his best game to date. Zupan threw for 164 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 139 yards, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
This year, Zupan has thrown 11 touchdowns while averaging 167.4 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 0.13 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 50.75 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 36.93
Another Game with at Least Seven Total Tackles from Grady Gardner
Martinsville was led to victory by Grady Gardner, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Gardner wasn't messing around, making seven total tackles (1.0 for loss) and defending three passes in addition to snagging three interceptions which he returned for a touchdown. The match was his third straight with seven or more total tackles dating back to last season.
The win for Martinsville keeps them at an undefeated 8-0. Gardner and Martinsville will square off against Plainfield at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 34.50
A Season-Best Performance from Byron Hon Leads Perry Meridian over Decatur Central
Sadly, Byron Hon posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Perry Meridian over Decatur Central on Friday. Hon picked up 115 receiving yards and three touchdowns. He is becoming a predictor of Perry Meridian's success: when he posts at least two receiving touchdowns the team is 2-1 (and 1-4 when he doesn't).
This season, Hon has caught 8 touchdowns while averaging 77.8 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had five receiving touchdowns.
Gamescore: 33.83
Other Notable Players
- Gunner Ruppert: 120 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 33.50)
- Trey Bennett: 45 yards rushing; 38 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 32.70)
- Kaden Bruhn: 75 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 30.50)
- Clayton Ratliff: 19 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 24.50)
- Andre Watson: 2 sacks and 9 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 23.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
