B - East 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!
Grady Schmidt Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Huntley Project was led to victory by Grady Schmidt, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Schmidt rushed for 178 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.7 yards per carry. The performance once again pushed his average rushing yardage north of 100 yards per game (113.4). That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in August of 2023.
Schmidt and Huntley Project will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Joliet at 7:00 p.m. on October 25th. The match will pit Schmidt up against the J Hawks' star RB Jake Cook. Will the game be decided in the trenches? We'll have our answer very soon.
Gamescore: 60.90
Shepherd was sadly handed a defeat on Friday, but Wyatt Beddes did his best to prevent it. Huntley Project had no answer to Beddes as he rushed for 13 yards.
Shepherd dropped their record down to 2-5 with the loss, which was their fourth straight at home. Beddes and Shepherd will take on Baker at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 32.20
Connor Wilson Makes It Two for Shepherd
Another Shepherd player making an appearance on this list is Connor Wilson. He rushed for 128 yards. He's now once again averaging 100+ rushing yards (102.8) per game. He showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 52 yards.
This year, Wilson has averaged 102.8 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 25.20
While Colstrip might've come up empty on Friday, Kai Heck wasn't going down without a fight. Heck was unstoppable, rushing for 75 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 100 yards on five of 12 attempts.
Colstrip's loss was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-7. Heck and Colstrip will challenge Joliet at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 20.17
A Constellation of Stars for Shepherd
Another Shepherd player making an appearance on this list is Karson Gamradt. He picked up 15 receiving yards.
For the year, Gamradt has averaged 25.4 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 19.07
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
