275 (8 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!
Corbyn Jakub's Big Game Leads Rock Port over Mound City
Rock Port picked up their seventh consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Corbyn Jakub. Jakub was unstoppable, rushing for 83 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries, while also throwing for 78 yards and two touchdowns.
Unfortunately for Mound City, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Jakub. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Jakub saw the Panthers), he rushed for 134 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.4 yards per carry, and also threw for 269 yards and two touchdowns.
Gamescore: 53.60
Holmes Made His Presence Known in Rock Port's 46-16 Victory
Brock Holmes's big game helped extend Rock Port's winning streak to seven on Friday. Holmes was unstoppable, rushing for 103 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries, while also picking up 51 receiving yards and two touchdowns. His longest reception was for an impressive 50 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per catch total.
On the season, Holmes has caught 6 touchdowns while averaging 26 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 49.67
A Season-Best Effort from Gavyn Irvine Leads East Atchison [Tarkio/Fairfax] over Dekalb
East Atchison [Tarkio/Fairfax] was led to victory by Gavyn Irvine, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Irvine rushed for 102 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries, and also caught a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an impressive 52 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
This season, Irvine has caught 3 touchdowns while averaging 15.9 receiving yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he had one rushing touchdown. This year he is already up to two.
Gamescore: 42.02
River Dow Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
East Atchison [Tarkio/Fairfax] was led to victory by River Dow, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Dow rushed for 70 yards and three touchdowns, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, making six total tackles (2.0 for loss) and defending a pass.
On the year, Dow has run in 7 touchdowns while averaging 44.1 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 38.75
Tatem M Johnson Turns in Another Game with at Least Five Total Tackles
Tatem M Johnson continued his hot streak on Friday by dropping his 12th-straight game (dating back to last season) with at least five total tackles. He picked up two sacks, made 11 total tackles (4.5 for loss), and defended three passes.
On the year, M Johnson has averaged 12.1 total tackles per game and for the season has those 2 sacks.
Gamescore: 35.00
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps