Great West 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!
Zach Thorson Drops League-Best Effort on Friday
Starting off the list is Goodland's Zach Thorson, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Thorson threw for 304 yards and five touchdowns.
Goodland's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-2. Thorson and Goodland are taking a road trip to face off against Scott at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 32.17
A Season-Best Effort from Chayton Goodwin Leads Goodland over Colby
Chayton Goodwin produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Goodland to the win on Friday. Goodwin rushed for 121 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an incredible 70 yards.
On the season, Goodwin has averaged 21 receiving yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after six games last season, he had one rushing touchdown. This year he is already up to four.
Gamescore: 26.97
A Constellation of Stars for Goodland
Another Goodland player making an appearance on this list is Linkon Cure. He picked up 76 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
This season, Cure has caught 10 touchdowns while averaging 94.7 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 25.22
While Stryker Berglund delivered a dominant effort on Friday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Ulysses. Berglund was unstoppable, rushing for 31 yards.
Ulysses is on a 15-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-6. Berglund will have a chance to log another big game when he takes on Liberal on Friday.
Gamescore: 23.65
Korbin Johnson Rounds Out Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Korbin Johnson of Holcomb. Johnson picked up 67 receiving yards, and also rushed for 46 yards. The bulk of those receiving yards came from one huge play: a catch that gained an incredible 59 yards.
Holcomb's defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 4-2. Johnson and Holcomb will challenge Hugoton at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 22.22
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