2A Intermountain 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!
Graden Buckhanan Goes Supernova in Gunnison Victory
Gunnison's seven-game losing streak dating back to last season is now nothing but a memory thanks in part to Graden Buckhanan. Buckhanan turned in nothing short of a gem on Friday, rushing for 245 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.8 yards per carry. His longest rush was for an incredible 96 yards.
Buckhanan and Gunnison are taking a road trip to square off against Bayfield at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The match will pit Buckhanan up against the Wolverines' star RB Lincoln Williams. Will the matchup be decided in the trenches? We'll have our answer very soon.
Gamescore: 69.30
Creede Dozier's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Pagosa Springs over Gunnison
While Creede Dozier delivered a dominant performance on Friday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Pagosa Springs. Dozier was unstoppable, throwing for 200 yards and two touchdowns while completing 86.7% of his passes, and also rushing for 74 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
This season, Dozier has thrown 4 touchdowns while averaging 80.9 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 21.57 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 73.86 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 43.03
Pagosa Springs Gets a Boost from Lucero in 41-25 Loss
Another Pagosa Springs player making an appearance on this list is Colton Lucero. He rushed for 169 yards and a touchdown. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 150 rushing yards dating back to last season.
This year, Lucero has averaged 23.7 receiving yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he had four rushing touchdowns. This year he is already up to 17.
Gamescore: 41.93
Zane Zook Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Sadly, Zane Zook posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Alamosa over Montezuma-Cortez on Friday. Zook rushed for 173 yards and two touchdowns. He's now once again averaging 100+ rushing yards (103.8) per game. He is becoming a predictor of Alamosa's success: when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns the team is 3-1 (and 1-2 when he doesn't).
On the year, Zook has averaged 21.8 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 40.93
Lincoln Williams Rounds Out Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Lincoln Williams of Bayfield. Williams picked up 56 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 35 yards.
For the year, Williams has caught 3 touchdowns while averaging 40.9 receiving yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 3.57 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 42.71 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 39.72
Other Notable Players
- Casen Pridemore: 126 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 35.05)
- Wyatt Farney: 43 yards receiving, 1 TD ; 74 yards rushing (Gamescore: 33.62)
- Dyson Woodward: 125 yards passing; 126 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 32.43)
- Tate Taramarcaz: 1 sack and 7 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 24.77)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
