1A Western Slope 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!
Clay Crawford Turns in Season-Best Effort
Clay Crawford produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Meeker to the win on Friday. Crawford rushed for 148 yards and two touchdowns. The effort marked the most rushing yards he has had since back in November of 2023. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 73-yard run.
Crawford might have his next game, a home matchup with North Fork, circled on his calendar. Back in August of 2023 (the last time Crawford saw the Miners), he rushed for 158 yards and two touchdowns.
Gamescore: 47.15
Mason Schoeppner's Big Game Leads Grand Valley over Olathe
Mason Schoeppner posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 149 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.8 yards per carry. He didn't just play on offense: he also picked up a sack and made nine total tackles.
Grand Valley's win ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-4. Schoeppner and Grand Valley will welcome Cedaredge at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 45.50
Payson Pene's Rushing Yards a New Career-High
Payson Pene posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries.
The victory (which was North Fork's third in a row) raised their record to 4-2. Pene and North Fork will host Meeker at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 39.68
Andrew Horner Delivers Best Performance of Season
On Friday, Grand Valley got the W thanks in part to Andrew Horner playing the best football he has all season. Horner rushed for 57 yards and three touchdowns.
This year, Horner has averaged 25.8 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 28 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 44.5 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 27.00
Blunt Came Up Big in Meeker's 40-0 Win
The second Meeker player making an appearance here is Cade Blunt, and for good reason. He rushed for 86 yards and a touchdown.
This season, Blunt has run in 3 touchdowns while averaging 93.8 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after five games last season, he was only averaging 55.8 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 25.60
Other Notable Players
- Richard Terraraz: 1 sack and 10 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 18.00)
- Jakob Carver: 13 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
