A - Western Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances in games played on Thursday and Friday (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Banyan Johnston Turns in Season-Best Effort
On Friday, Columbia Falls got the W thanks in part to Banyan Johnston playing the best football he has all season. Johnston threw for 166 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushed for 54 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries.
The win (which was Columbia Falls' third in a row) raised their record to 4-2. Johnston and Columbia Falls will be playing in front of their home fans against Bigfork at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 47.62
Austin Savik Has Career Rushing Day
Bigfork was led to victory by Austin Savik, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Savik picked up 100 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 64 yards and a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 64 yards.
This season, Savik has caught 7 touchdowns while averaging 68 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 19.43 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 39.65
Treker Hickey Goes Supernova in Bigfork Victory
Keeping Savik company is Treker Hickey, a fellow Bigfork player. He rushed for 93 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries.
This year, Hickey has run in 7 touchdowns while averaging 91 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 38.60
Jackson Lubke Delivers Electric Effort Vs Beaverhead County
Hamilton had to settle for second on Thursday, but Jackson Lubke sure wasn't going down easily. Beaverhead County had no answer to Lubke as he picked up 85 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
For the season, Lubke has caught 5 touchdowns while averaging 76 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 1.83 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 38.25
A Season-Best Performance from Cole Schmit Leads Bigfork over Browning
On Friday, Bigfork got the W thanks in part to Cole Schmit playing the best football he has all season. Schmit threw for 132 yards and three touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground.
For the season, Schmit has thrown 18 touchdowns while averaging 168 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 0.14 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging nine rushing yards.
Gamescore: 31.60
Other Notable Players
- Kolby Finley: 75 yards passing; 56 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 26.95)
- Jake Forthofer: 73 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 26.45)
- Tayden West: 1 TD ; 63 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.87)
- Easton Brooks: 74 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 24.07)
- Carson Gulick: 83 yards passing; 55 yards rushing (Gamescore: 20.63)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
