1A Western Slope 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!
Clay Crawford Turns in Season-Best Effort
Clay Crawford produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Meeker to the win on Friday. Crawford rushed for 148 yards and two touchdowns. The performance marked the most rushing yards he has had since back in November of 2023. His longest rush was for an incredible 73 yards.
Crawford might have his next game, a home matchup with North Fork, circled on his calendar. When Crawford last faced the Miners back in August of 2023, he rushed for 158 yards and two touchdowns.
Gamescore: 47.15
Mason Schoeppner Dazzles in Grand Valley Victory
Mason Schoeppner posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 149 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.8 yards per carry. He also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up a sack and making nine total tackles.
Grand Valley's win ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-4. Schoeppner and Grand Valley will host Cedaredge at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 45.50
Payson Pene Has Career Rushing Day
Payson Pene posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries.
The win was the third in a row for North Fork, bringing their record for this year to 4-2. Pene and North Fork will be playing at home against Meeker at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 39.68
A Season-Best Effort from Andrew Horner Leads Grand Valley over Olathe
Grand Valley was led to victory by Andrew Horner, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Horner rushed for 57 yards and three touchdowns.
On the year, Horner has averaged 25.8 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 28 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 44.5 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 27.00
Blunt Came Up Big in Meeker's 40-0 Win
Another Meeker player making an appearance on this list is Cade Blunt. He rushed for 86 yards and a touchdown.
For the season, Blunt has run in 3 touchdowns while averaging 93.8 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 55.8 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 25.60
Other Notable Players
- Richard Terraraz: 1 sack and 10 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 18.00)
- Jakob Carver: 13 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
