Midland Empire 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!
Larry Cascone Delivers Best Effort of Season
St. Pius X was led to victory by Larry Cascone, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Cascone rushed for 179 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 80-yard run.
The victory was the sixth in a row for St. Pius X, bringing their record for this year to 6-1. Cascone and St. Pius X will take on Lafayette on Friday.
Gamescore: 43.80
Aiden Knechtenhofer Dazzles in Savannah Win
Aiden Knechtenhofer put up the most rushing yards he's had since back in October of 2023 on Friday. He rushed for 121 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries, and also threw for 66 yards and a touchdown on only five passes.
Unfortunately for Chillicothe, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Knechtenhofer. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Knechtenhofer saw the Hornets), he rushed for 126 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries, and also threw for 127 yards and three touchdowns while completing 88.9% of his passes.
Gamescore: 34.30
Tommy Hutsler Turns in Season-Best Performance
St. Pius X was led to victory by Tommy Hutsler, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Hutsler picked up 102 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
On the season, Hutsler has caught 11 touchdowns while averaging 77.3 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 28.45
While Jaishon White delivered a dominant effort on Friday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Chillicothe. White was unstoppable, picking up 53 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Chillicothe's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-4. White will have a chance to log another big game when he takes on Odessa on Friday.
Gamescore: 23.30
Rylanton Cook Makes It Two for Savannah
Another Savannah player making an appearance on this list is Rylanton Cook. He rushed for 55 yards and two touchdowns. He is becoming a predictor of Savannah's success: when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns the team is undefeated (and 1-2 when he doesn't).
This year, Cook has run in 5 touchdowns while averaging 34.8 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 21.80
Other Notable Players
- Hudson Bailey: 160 yards passing (Gamescore: 21.57)
- Cooper Burnsides: 1 sack and 8 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 21.25)
- Landon Noland: 11 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 21.00)
- Jaiden Martinez: 72 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 17.98)
- Gage Bowland: 10 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
