C1 District 2 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!
Darien Whitaker's Rushing Yards a New Career-High
Starting off the list is Boys Town's Darien Whitaker, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. On Friday Whitaker made seven total tackles (1.0 for loss), good enough to also set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 110.1 rushing yards per game.
On the year, Whitaker has averaged 6.8 total tackles per game. It gets even more impressive: after eight games last season, he had six rushing touchdowns. This year he is already up to 16.
Gamescore: 82.87
A Season-Best Effort from Cael Smith Leads Ashland-Greenwood over Brownell Talbot
Ashland-Greenwood was led to victory by Cael Smith, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Smith rushed for 70 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries, and also picked up 48 receiving yards and a touchdown.
The victory (which was Ashland-Greenwood's sixth in a row) raised their record to 7-1. Smith and Ashland-Greenwood will be playing at home against Gross Catholic at 7:00 a.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 34.48
Big Game from Tonjes As Ashland-Greenwood Won 45-14
Derek Tonjes's big game helped extend Ashland-Greenwood's winning streak to six on Friday. Tonjes did his part (and then some), throwing for 175 yards and four touchdowns on only ten passes for the 'W'.
On the year, Tonjes has thrown 21 touchdowns while averaging 206.1 passing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he had one passing touchdown.
Gamescore: 30.67
Post Posts Huge Game in 28-14 Defeat
While Roncalli Catholic might've come up empty on Friday, Jackson Post wasn't going down without a fight. Post was dynamite, picking up 114 receiving yards and a touchdown. He torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 71 yards.
For the season, Post has caught 3 touchdowns while averaging 43.1 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 24.70
Akhil Mehta Makes Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Akhil Mehta of Brownell Talbot. Mehta made two total tackles.
Brownell Talbot is on a ten-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-8. Mehta and Brownell Talbot will square off against Boys Town at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 23.32
Other Notable Players
- Josh Fennoy: 2 sacks and 5 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 22.55)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
