Hoosier Crossroads 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!
Deacon King Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Deacon King was instrumental in extending Westfield's winning streak to six on Friday. King made a major impact, rushing for 220 yards and a touchdown, while also catching a touchdown. The performance once again pushed his average rushing yardage north of 100 yards per game (100.7). Those 220 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
Unfortunately for Fishers, this isn't the first big game they've seen from King. Back in October (the last time King saw the Tigers), he rushed for 214 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.6 yards per carry.
Gamescore: 51.68
Iosua Stephens Delivers Best Performance of Season
Iosua Stephens produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Brownsburg to the win on Friday. Stephens rushed for 130 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
Brownsburg pushed their record up to 11-1 with the victory, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. Stephens and Brownsburg will challenge Center Grove at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 34.00
Westfield Gets a Boost from Melvin in 42-28 Victory
Carsen Melvin was instrumental in extending Westfield's winning streak to six on Friday. Nobody could stop Melvin as he rushed for 49 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 79 yards and two touchdowns.
On the season, Melvin has thrown 15 touchdowns while averaging 137.9 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after 12 games last season, he was only averaging 19.03 passer rating per game. This year he is averaging 111.83 passer rating.
Gamescore: 27.97
Another Game with at Least Five Total Tackles from Jamere Pendleton
On Friday, Brownsburg got the W thanks in part to Jamere Pendleton playing the best football he has all season. Pendleton wasn't messing around, making ten total tackles (2.5 for loss) and defending a pass in addition to snagging an interception. The contest was his third straight with five or more total tackles.
This year, Pendleton has averaged 5.5 total tackles per game and for the season has 3 interceptions. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 1.2 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 24.25
A Season-Best Performance from Hunter Childs Leads Brownsburg over Lawrence North
Brownsburg was led to victory by Hunter Childs, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Childs wasn't messing around, forcing a fumble and making six total tackles (0.5 for loss) in addition to snagging an interception. The matchup was his fifth straight with five or more total tackles.
This season, Childs has averaged 5.2 total tackles per game and for the season has 3 interceptions.
Gamescore: 18.25
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
