4A Great Basin 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!
Zakary Grigg Delivers Best Performance of Season
Zakary Grigg produced his most outstanding game to date while leading American Falls to the win on Friday. Grigg rushed for 210 yards and three touchdowns, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
American Falls' win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-4. Grigg and American Falls will venture away from home to square off against Moscow at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 49.15
Winning always takes teamwork, but on Friday Porter Higley stepped things up a notch to give Buhl the 'W'. Higley was unstoppable, picking up 118 receiving yards and two touchdowns. His longest reception was for an incredible 80 yards.
On the season, Higley has caught those 2 touchdowns while averaging 53 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 19.25 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 46.22
Another Game with at Least Three Passing Touchdowns from Macraye Bruning
On Friday, Kimberly got the W thanks in part to Macraye Bruning playing the best football he has all season. Bruning wasn't messing around, throwing for 279 yards and five touchdowns while completing 72% of his passes. The match was his fourth straight with three or more passing touchdowns.
This year, Bruning has thrown 24 touchdowns while averaging 183 passing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after nine games last season, he had one passing touchdown.
Gamescore: 41.10
Ryder Scheen Makes It Two for Buhl
Another Buhl player making an appearance on this list is Ryder Scheen. He rushed for 20 yards and a touchdown.
This year, Scheen has averaged 7.6 total tackles per game and for the season has 3 sacks.
Gamescore: 37.25
Another Kimberly player making an appearance on this list is Damon Taylor. His rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his seventh straight game with at least 100 rushing yards.
For the year, Taylor has run in 9 touchdowns while averaging 127.8 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 59.78 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 33.37
Other Notable Players
- Cache Palmer: (1TD), 12 total tackles (2.0 for loss), and 1 forced fumble (Gamescore: 27.00)
- Mason Jensen: 73 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 19.63)
- Joe Barrett: 116 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 18.02)
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