C2 District 3 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!
Breiton Whitmire's Big Game Leads Cedar Catholic over Oakland-Craig
Breiton Whitmire was instrumental in extending Cedar Catholic's winning streak to seven on Friday. Oakland-Craig had no answer to Whitmire as he rushed for 160 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 7.3 yards per carry. That's the most rushing yards Whitmire has posted since back in September of 2023.
Cedar Catholic pushed their record up to 7-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. They and Norfolk Catholic are set to duel on Friday.
Gamescore: 59.18
A Season-Best Effort from Sylas Nelson Leads Oakland-Craig over Cedar Catholic
Sadly, Sylas Nelson posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Oakland-Craig over Cedar Catholic on Friday. Nelson rushed for 103 yards and two touchdowns, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
Oakland-Craig's loss ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-3. Nelson and Oakland-Craig will face off against West Point-Beemer at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 31.57
Isaak Maxwell Makes It Two for Oakland-Craig
Another Oakland-Craig player making an appearance on this list is Isaak Maxwell. He picked up 85 receiving yards and a touchdown.
On the year, Maxwell has caught 7 touchdowns while averaging 68.1 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 1.13 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.25
While Battle Creek might've come up empty on Friday, Jaxon Mettler wasn't going down without a fight. Nobody could stop Mettler as he rushed for 48 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 88 yards and a touchdown. He also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, making four total tackles and defending a pass.
On the season, Mettler has thrown 7 touchdowns while averaging 85.8 passing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he had four passing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 16.42
Aden Pochop Makes It Two for Battle Creek
Another Battle Creek player making an appearance on this list is Aden Pochop. He rushed for 39 yards.
Pochop is probably looking forward to his next game, a home matchup against Ponca on Friday. Pochop rushed for 89 yards and a touchdown the last time he and the Indians duked it out back in September of 2023.
Gamescore: 16.22
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