Wheat State (8 Man) 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!
A Season-Best Performance from Jaren Garrison Leads Little River over Central Plains
Little River came up short on Friday despite Jaren Garrison delivering his best game to date. Garrison rushed for 169 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. Little River is undefeated when Garrison posts 100 or more rushing yards, but 1-2 otherwise.
For the season, Garrison has run in 9 touchdowns while averaging 96.7 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging one rushing yard per game.
Gamescore: 52.53
Carlos Duran was a major factor in Solomon's win over Canton-Galva on Friday. Nobody could stop Duran as he picked up 207 receiving yards and three touchdowns. He was no stranger to the big play, cutting upfield on a catch that went for 68 yards.
Solomon's victory ended a seven-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-5. Duran and Solomon will host Little River at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 52.20
Coup Came Up Big in Solomon's 38-36 Victory
Breken Coup posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He threw for 272 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 13.6 yards per attempt.
For the year, Coup has thrown 6 touchdowns (and and only 1 pick) while averaging 140.8 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after four games last season, he was only averaging 29.43 passer rating per game. This year he is averaging 100.8 passer rating.
Gamescore: 41.88
Matt Hamm-Jones Goes Supernova in Solomon Victory
Another Solomon player making an appearance on this list is Matt Hamm-Jones. He rushed for 126 yards and a touchdown.
On the season, Hamm-Jones has run in 7 touchdowns while averaging 66.1 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 27.14 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 33.75
Kole Riedy and Co. Win Fifth in a Row
Kole Riedy was instrumental in extending Rural Vista [Hope/White City]'s winning streak to five on Friday. Hartford had no answer to Riedy as he rushed for 47 yards and a touchdown.
Riedy and Rural Vista [Hope/White City] will host Burlingame at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Riedy will face off against Timmy Roberts, the Bearcats' star RB. With so much talent on the field, fans are surely in for an exciting game. The only thing left to see is who brings home the W.
Gamescore: 27.68
Other Notable Players
- Ty Janette: 57 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 21.62)
- Koden Sanford: 30 yards passing; 60 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 18.95)
- Logan Renken: 115 yards passing; 1 TD rushing (Gamescore: 18.05)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
