This Week's Top Player Performances from Across the League
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!
Baruk Jonsson's Big Game Leads Mascoutah over Jersey
Starting off the list is Mascoutah's Baruk Jonsson, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Jonsson rushed for 122 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.6 yards per carry, and also threw for 128 yards and a touchdown. Those 122 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
On the year, Jonsson has thrown 6 touchdowns while averaging 113.7 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 32.43 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 69.86 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 35.43
Sean Murphy Makes It Two for Mascoutah
Another Mascoutah player making an appearance on this list is Sean Murphy. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 112 rushing yards.
For the year, Murphy has run in 11 touchdowns while averaging 128.4 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 32.60
Louis Yohannes Delivers Best Performance of Season
Triad came up short on Friday despite Louis Yohannes delivering his best game to date. Yohannes picked up 98 receiving yards and a touchdown. The performance also marked the most rushing yards (19) he has had since back in August of 2023.
Triad's loss ended a six-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 6-1. Yohannes and Triad will take on Civic Memorial at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 20.98
Triad Gets a Boost from Lightner in 14-7 Loss
Keeping Yohannes company is Owen Lightner, a fellow Triad player. He picked up a sack and made eight total tackles. He has been hot , having posted seven or more total tackles the last six times he's played.
For the year, Lightner has averaged 8.3 total tackles per game and for the season has 4 sacks.
Gamescore: 17.25
A Constellation of Stars for Mascoutah
Another Mascoutah player making an appearance on this list is Dorian Guerrier. He made 12 total tackles and defended two passes.
This season, Guerrier has averaged 8.7 total tackles per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 1.57 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 16.50
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
