Illini Prairie Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances across Friday and Saturday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
WYATT WERTZ Delivers Best Performance of Season
WYATT WERTZ produced his most outstanding game to date while leading St. Joseph-Ogden to the win on Friday. WERTZ rushed for 131 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 69 yards.
The victory for St. Joseph-Ogden keeps them at an undefeated 7-0. WERTZ and St. Joseph-Ogden will challenge Rantoul at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 41.00
Dalton Steidinger Has Career-Day on Saturday
Dalton Steidinger posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Saturday. He threw for 187 yards and four touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes, and also rushed for 51 yards.
Prairie Central now has a winning record of 4-3. Steidinger and Prairie Central will square off against Monticello at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 35.87
Tolono Unity Gets a Boost from Eisenmenger in 51-13 Win
Dane Eisenmenger was a major factor in Tolono Unity's victory over Rantoul on Friday. Eisenmenger was dynamite, throwing for 230 yards and three touchdowns while completing 92.3% of his passes. He is becoming a predictor of Tolono Unity's success: when he posts at least three passing touchdowns the team is 3-1 (and 1-2 when he doesn't).
Tolono Unity now has a winning record of 4-3. Eisenmenger will try to repeat (or improve) on that dominant performance when he faces off against Paxton-Buckley-Loda on Friday.
Gamescore: 29.03
KODEY MCKINNEY and Co. Win Seventh in a Row
St. Joseph-Ogden picked up their seventh consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to KODEY MCKINNEY. MCKINNEY was dynamite, throwing for 161 yards and three touchdowns on perfect 8-for-8 passing.
For the season, MCKINNEY has thrown 19 touchdowns (and and only 3 picks) while averaging 217.9 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 27.33
Will Skala Makes It Two for Prairie Central
Another Prairie Central player making an appearance on this list is Will Skala. He picked up 46 receiving yards and a touchdown.
On the year, Skala has averaged 18.1 rushing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 0.29 receiving yards per game. This year he is averaging 13.14 receiving yards.
Gamescore: 27.12
Other Notable Players
- Caiden Schulz: 43 yards receiving, 1 TD ; 32 yards rushing (Gamescore: 23.75)
- Kaden Wedig: 56 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 17.85)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
