D1 District 8 (8 Man) Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances in games played on Thursday and Friday (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Brennan Lindner Delivers Best Effort of Season
Brennan Lindner produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Pleasanton to the win on Thursday. Lindner rushed for 106 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries, and also threw for 120 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. He also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, forcing a fumble and making two total tackles.
Lindner and Pleasanton will welcome Sandhills Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The Bulldogs got just the result they wanted when they last faced the Mavericks, probably because Lindner had a solid game then too: he rushed for 106 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries, and also threw for 120 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Can he match (or beat) that stellar performance?
Gamescore: 57.80
Conner Paulsen Has Career Rushing Day
On Friday, South Loup got the W thanks in part to Conner Paulsen playing the best football he has all season. Paulsen rushed for 179 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.5 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
On the year, Paulsen has caught 4 touchdowns while averaging 28 receiving yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he had eight rushing touchdowns. This year he is already up to 16.
Gamescore: 57.48
Kobe Chamberlin produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Ravenna to the win on Friday. Chamberlin rushed for 107 yards and two touchdowns, and also picked up 47 receiving yards and a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
This year, Chamberlin has caught 2 touchdowns while averaging 24.1 receiving yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after eight games last season, he was only averaging two rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 31.75 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 48.28
Pleasanton Wins Ninth-Straight Thanks to Jaysen Cronin
Pleasanton picked up their ninth consecutive win on Thursday thanks in part to Jaysen Cronin. Sandhills Valley had no answer to Cronin as he picked up 62 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Cronin is on a roll when it comes to receiving touchdowns, as he's now hauled in two or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
Cronin and Pleasanton will welcome Sandhills Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The last time Cronin took on the Mavericks, he picked up 62 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Can he match (or beat) that performance?
Gamescore: 44.20
Trenton Wedemeyer Makes It Two for Ravenna
Another Ravenna player making an appearance on this list is Trenton Wedemeyer. He picked up 89 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He was no stranger to the big play, lighting up the secondary with a catch that went for 52 yards.
This season, Wedemeyer has caught 5 touchdowns while averaging 39.7 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 38.15
Other Notable Players
- Gavin Reisbeck: 136 yards passing; 100 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 37.87)
- Aj Starr: 11 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 31.60)
- Andrew Rentschler: 59 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 19.65)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
