C2 District 3 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!
Breiton Whitmire Goes Supernova in Cedar Catholic Victory
Cedar Catholic picked up their seventh consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Breiton Whitmire. Whitmire was unstoppable, rushing for 160 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 7.3 yards per carry. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in September of 2023.
For the season, Whitmire has run in 18 touchdowns while averaging 108.9 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had five rushing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 59.18
Sylas Nelson Delivers Best Performance of Season
Sadly, Sylas Nelson posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Oakland-Craig over Cedar Catholic on Friday. Nelson rushed for 103 yards and two touchdowns, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
Oakland-Craig's loss ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-3. Nelson and Oakland-Craig will welcome West Point-Beemer at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 31.57
Isaak Maxwell Makes It Two for Oakland-Craig
Keeping Nelson company is Isaak Maxwell, a fellow Oakland-Craig player. He picked up 85 receiving yards and a touchdown.
For the season, Maxwell has caught 7 touchdowns while averaging 68.1 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 1.13 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.25
Battle Creek had to settle for second on Friday, but Jaxon Mettler sure wasn't going down easily. Mettler turned in nothing short of a gem, rushing for 48 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 88 yards and a touchdown. He also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, making four total tackles and defending a pass.
On the year, Mettler has thrown 7 touchdowns while averaging 85.8 passing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he had four passing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 16.42
Aden Pochop Makes It Two for Battle Creek
Another Battle Creek player making an appearance on this list is Aden Pochop. He rushed for 39 yards.
If history really does repeat itself, Pochop might just drop another big game when he faces off against Ponca on Friday. Back in September of 2023 (the last time Pochop saw the Indians), he rushed for 89 yards and a touchdown.
Gamescore: 16.22
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
