9-Man Region 3 (9 Man) 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!
A Season-Best Effort from Hayden Sands Leads Larimore over Hatton/Northwood
Hayden Sands produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Larimore to the win on Friday. Sands rushed for 299 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.3 yards per carry. The performance once again pushed his average rushing yardage north of 100 yards per game (118.6). The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
On the year, Sands has run in those 4 touchdowns while averaging 118.6 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had two rushing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 69.40
Big Game from Keja Jr. As Four Winds Won 44-6
Four Winds found a leader in Kashton Keja Jr. as the squad took down Nelson County co-op [Lakota/Dakota Prairie] on Friday. Keja Jr. was dynamite, rushing for 177 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries, while also throwing for 80 yards and a touchdown. His longest rush was for an incredible 81 yards.
This year, Keja Jr. has thrown 10 touchdowns while averaging 88 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 65.73
Wakinya Greybear Makes It Two for Four Winds
Keeping Keja Jr. company is Wakinya Greybear, a fellow Four Winds player. He picked up a sack, made nine total tackles (3.0 for loss), and defended a pass. He didn't just play on offense: he also picked up a sack, made nine total tackles (3.0 for loss), and defended a pass.
This season, Greybear has averaged 7 total tackles per game and for the season has 5 sacks.
Gamescore: 42.18
Dyllan Rethemeier Makes It Two for Larimore
The second Larimore player making an appearance here is Dyllan Rethemeier, and for good reason. He picked up two sacks, forced a fumble, and made nine total tackles (3.0 for loss).
For the year, Rethemeier has averaged 4.6 total tackles per game and for the season has 3 sacks. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging two total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 30.00
A Constellation of Stars for Larimore
Another Larimore player making an appearance on this list is Logan Kyllo. He forced two fumbles and made 12 total tackles.
For the year, Kyllo has averaged 2.6 total tackles per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 0.14 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 26.00
Other Notable Players
- Tyler Black: 67 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 17.80)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
