District 9 Region 1 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!
Jase Ferguson Goes Supernova in Central Clarion [Clarion/Clarion-Limestone/North Clarion] Win
Jase Ferguson was instrumental in extending Central Clarion [Clarion/Clarion-Limestone/North Clarion]'s winning streak to eight on Friday. Ferguson was dynamite, throwing for 334 yards and four touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes, and also rushing for 66 yards and two touchdowns. He also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, making three total tackles and defending three passes.
Punxsutawney had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Ferguson it was a similar story. Back in September of 2023 (the last time Ferguson saw Punxsutawney), he threw for 279 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.7 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 97 yards on only 13 carries.
Gamescore: 65.92
Easton Belfiore Delivers Best Effort of Season
Easton Belfiore produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Brookville to the win on Friday. Belfiore rushed for 87 yards and three touchdowns on only six carries, and also picked up 50 receiving yards and a touchdown. The effort marked the most rushing yards he has had since back in August.
The victory snapped Brookville's losing streak at six games and leaves them with a 2-6 record. Belfiore and Brookville will be playing at home against Port Allegany on Friday.
Gamescore: 61.92
Kolton Griffin Puts an End to Brookville's Losing Streak on Friday
Kolton Griffin helped snap Brookville's six-game losing streak. On Friday Griffin rushed for 180 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
For the season, Griffin has run in those 2 touchdowns while averaging 38.5 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 20 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 50.40
Sankey Made His Presence Known in Moniteau's 48-8 Defeat
Moniteau was sadly handed a loss on Friday, but Brendin Sankey did his best to prevent it. Nobody could stop Sankey as he threw for 146 yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 52 yards.
Moniteau is on a 16-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-8. Sankey and Moniteau will challenge Union/Allegheny-Clarion Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 42.33
Hunter Scherer Rounds Out Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Hunter Scherer of Karns City. Scherer picked up 78 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 68 yards and a touchdown.
Karns City has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. Scherer and Karns City will face off against Keystone on Friday.
Gamescore: 41.55
Other Notable Players
- Cole Johnston: 216 yards passing (Gamescore: 33.20)
- Owen Heginbotham: 98 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 32.23)
- Andrew Field: 115 yards rushing; 25 yards receiving (Gamescore: 31.17)
- Ethan Rex: 25 yards rushing; 113 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 28.80)
- Kole Scott: 131 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 26.10)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
