Apollo 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!
Lucas Dyer Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Starting off the list is Mahomet-Seymour's Lucas Dyer, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Dyer threw for 313 yards and five touchdowns while completing 81.3% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Thanks to that strong showing, he's now averaging 3.1 passing touchdowns per game.
Unfortunately for Mattoon, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Dyer. When Dyer last faced the Greenwave back in October of 2023, he threw for 175 yards and five touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes.
Gamescore: 47.97
Odam Came Up Big in Taylorville's 35-23 Victory
Baron Odam was instrumental in extending Taylorville's winning streak to three on Friday. Nobody could stop Odam as he threw for 185 yards and two touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes, and also rushed for 72 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 62 yards.
The victory got Taylorville back to even at 4-4. Odam and Taylorville will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Waterloo at 1:00 p.m. on November 2nd.
Gamescore: 38.82
Keller Stocks Goes Supernova in Mt. Zion Victory
Keller Stocks was a major factor in Mt. Zion's win over Effingham on Friday. Effingham had no answer to Stocks as he threw for 357 yards and four touchdowns while completing 72% of his passes.
On the season, Stocks has thrown 22 touchdowns while averaging 212.9 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 0.75 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 47.38 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 38.60
Owen Mateer Delivers Best Performance of Season
Owen Mateer produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Taylorville to the win on Friday. Mateer rushed for 154 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
This season, Mateer has run in 3 touchdowns while averaging 59.4 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 37.60
Mahomet-Seymour Wins Fifth-Straight Thanks to Ray Long
Ray Long's big game helped extend Mahomet-Seymour's winning streak to five on Friday. Long was dynamite, picking up 145 receiving yards and three touchdowns. He showed off some serious burst, cutting upfield on a catch for 54 yards.
For the year, Long has caught 4 touchdowns while averaging 94.3 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had two receiving touchdowns.
Gamescore: 32.75
Other Notable Players
- Jacob Harvey: 109 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 26.65)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
