A-8 Plains (8 Man) Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances across Friday and Saturday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Jaxon Carlson Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Jaxon Carlson produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Sedgwick County to the win on Saturday. Carlson rushed for 310 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 14.1 yards per carry, and also threw for 75 yards and two touchdowns. He's now once again averaging 100+ rushing yards (104.2) per game. His longest rush was for an incredible 86 yards.
Dayspring Christian Academy had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Carlson it was a similar story. When Carlson last faced the Eagles back in October of 2023, he rushed for 145 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.6 yards per carry, and also threw for 130 yards and a touchdown on only eight passes.
Gamescore: 88.20
Grant Statz Dazzles in Haxtun Win
Grant Statz's big game helped extend Haxtun's winning streak to five on Friday. Statz was dynamite, rushing for 128 yards and four touchdowns on only eight carries.
Haxtun pushed their record up to 5-1 with the win, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season. Statz and Haxtun will square off against Akron at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 63.90
Ryland Wolff Makes It Two for Haxtun
Another Haxtun player making an appearance on this list is Ryland Wolff. He made eight total tackles.
Wolff is probably looking forward to his next game, a road matchup against Akron on Friday. Back in September of 2023 (the last time Wolff saw the Rams), he forced a fumble and made ten total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Gamescore: 34.00
Statz Made His Presence Known in Haxtun's 70-6 Victory
Haxtun picked up their fifth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Zach Statz. Nobody could stop Statz as he rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown on only six carries.
On the year, Statz has averaged 25.7 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 33.57
The second Sedgwick County player making an appearance here is Owen Harris, and for good reason. He rushed for 77 yards and a touchdown.
On the year, Harris has run in 5 touchdowns while averaging 47.3 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 23.5 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.80
Other Notable Players
- Elijah Martin: 99 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 20.38)
- Brady Mollendor: 44 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 20.10)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
