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!
A Season-Best Effort from Brennan Lindner Leads Pleasanton over Sandhills Valley
On Thursday, Pleasanton got the W thanks in part to Brennan Lindner playing the best football he has all season. 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.
The win for Pleasanton keeps them at an undefeated 8-0. Lindner and Pleasanton will welcome Sandhills Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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.
This season, Paulsen has caught 4 touchdowns while averaging 28 receiving yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after eight games last season, 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.
For the season, 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
Jaysen Cronin's big game helped extend Pleasanton's winning streak to nine on Thursday. Cronin turned in nothing short of a gem, picking up 62 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more receiving touchdowns the last three times he's played.
This year, Cronin has caught 10 touchdowns while averaging 72.2 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 22.25 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 44.20
Trenton Wedemeyer Makes It Two for Ravenna
The second Ravenna player making an appearance here is Trenton Wedemeyer, and for good reason. He picked up 89 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He showed off some serious burst, connecting on a big catch for 52 yards.
This year, 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
