North Central Missouri 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!
Jace Kent Turns in Season-Best Effort
Kirksville was led to victory by Jace Kent, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Kent rushed for 289 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.5 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: he has now rushed for 141 or more in the last five games he's played dating back to last season.
Kent might have his next game, a road matchup with Fulton, circled on his calendar. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Kent saw the Hornets), he rushed for 247 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.4 yards per carry, and also picked up 37 receiving yards.
Gamescore: 70.08
While Preston Wilder delivered a dominant effort on Friday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Fulton. Nobody could stop Wilder as he made nine total tackles.
Fulton is on an eight-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-7. Wilder and Fulton will head out on the road to take on Kirksville at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 29.35
Gabriel Defily Delivers Best Effort of Season
On Friday, Fulton had to settle for second even though Gabriel Defily put up the best numbers he has all season. Defily picked up 77 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
On the year, Defily has caught those 2 touchdowns while averaging 39.9 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 28.87
A Season-Best Performance from Peyton Hoover Leads Mexico over Kirksville
Sadly, Peyton Hoover posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Mexico over Kirksville on Friday. Hoover forced a fumble and made ten total tackles (1.0 for loss).
On the season, Hoover has averaged 6.4 total tackles per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 20.71 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 32.14 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 24.10
Jaden Galbreath Turns in Season-Best Performance
Fulton came up short on Friday despite Jaden Galbreath delivering his best game to date. Galbreath threw for 100 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 38 yards and a touchdown.
This year, Galbreath has thrown 3 touchdowns while averaging 70.7 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 20.27
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