2A East 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!
A Season-Best Effort from Ayden Dodge Leads Strasburg over Englewood
Ayden Dodge produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Strasburg to the win on Friday. Dodge rushed for 174 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries, and also caught a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
Strasburg's victory was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-1. Dodge and Strasburg will square off against Kent Denver at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Gamescore: 47.63
Bennett was sadly handed a loss on Saturday, but Brody Hawes did his best to prevent it. Hawes was unstoppable, rushing for 108 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. He also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, making 14 total tackles and defending a pass.
Bennett is on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-7. Hawes and Bennett will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Strasburg at 7:00 p.m. on November 1st.
Gamescore: 45.80
While Englewood might've come up empty on Friday, Logan Mael wasn't going down without a fight. Strasburg had no answer to Mael as he rushed for -3 yards.
On the season, Mael has averaged 42.9 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 0.57 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 42.50
Wyatt Walker Dazzles in Kent Denver Win
Kent Denver picked up their third consecutive win on Saturday thanks in part to Wyatt Walker. Nobody could stop Walker as he rushed for 200 yards while picking up 9.1 yards per carry, and also picked up 55 receiving yards. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 200 rushing yards.
On the year, Walker has averaged 38.4 receiving yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 69.86 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 132.29 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 41.53
Cougar Cronk Makes It Two for Bennett
Another Bennett player making an appearance on this list is Cougar Cronk. He rushed for 123 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries.
For the year, Cronk has run in 4 touchdowns while averaging 90.7 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 40.15
Other Notable Players
- Yianni Balafas: 182 yards passing; 29 yards rushing (Gamescore: 30.13)
- Ian Ross: 1 sack and 6 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.50)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
