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!
A Season-Best Effort from Clay Crawford Leads Meeker over Roaring Fork
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. His longest rush was for an incredible 73 yards.
Crawford is probably looking forward to his next game, a home matchup against North Fork on Friday. When Crawford last faced the Miners back in August of 2023, he rushed for 158 yards and two touchdowns.
Gamescore: 47.15
Mason Schoeppner Goes Supernova in Grand Valley Win
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 will try to repeat (or improve) on that dominant effort when he faces off against Cedaredge 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 win (which was North Fork's third in a row) raised their record to 4-2. Pene and North Fork will be playing in front of their home fans against Meeker at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 39.68
Andrew Horner Turns in Season-Best Effort
Grand Valley was led to victory by Andrew Horner, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Horner rushed for 57 yards and three touchdowns.
For the 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
Big Game from Blunt As Meeker Won 40-0
The second Meeker player making an appearance here is Cade Blunt, and for good reason. He rushed for 86 yards and a touchdown.
For the year, 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
