A - Western 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 Banyan Johnston Leads Columbia Falls over Libby
Banyan Johnston produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Columbia Falls to the win on Friday. Johnston threw for 166 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushed for 54 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries.
The win (which was Columbia Falls' third in a row) raised their record to 4-2. Johnston and Columbia Falls will welcome Bigfork at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 47.62
Austin Savik Has Career-Day on Friday
Austin Savik produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Bigfork to the win on Friday. Savik picked up 100 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 64 yards and a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 64 yards.
This season, Savik has caught 7 touchdowns while averaging 68 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he had two receiving touchdowns.
Gamescore: 39.65
Hickey Made His Presence Known in Bigfork's 68-7 Victory
Keeping Savik company is Treker Hickey, a fellow Bigfork player. He rushed for 93 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries.
On the season, Hickey has run in 7 touchdowns while averaging 91 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 38.60
Jackson Lubke Goes Supernova in Hamilton Loss
While Jackson Lubke delivered a dominant effort on Thursday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Hamilton. Nobody could stop Lubke as he picked up 85 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Lubke and Hamilton will face off against Corvallis at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The matchup will pit Lubke up against the Blue Devils' star pass catcher Gideon Boswell. 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: 38.25
Cole Schmit Turns in Season-Best Effort
Cole Schmit produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Bigfork to the win on Friday. Schmit threw for 132 yards and three touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground.
For the year, Schmit has thrown 18 touchdowns while averaging 168 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 0.14 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging nine rushing yards.
Gamescore: 31.60
Other Notable Players
- Kolby Finley: 75 yards passing; 56 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 26.95)
- Jake Forthofer: 73 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 26.45)
- Tayden West: 1 TD ; 63 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.87)
- Easton Brooks: 74 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 24.07)
- Carson Gulick: 83 yards passing; 55 yards rushing (Gamescore: 20.63)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
