Mid-Continent 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!
Jackson Gillespie Delivers Electric Performance Vs Smith Center
Starting off the list is Thomas More Prep-Marian's Jackson Gillespie, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Gillespie rushed for 166 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 52 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
This year, Gillespie has run in 5 touchdowns while averaging 65.8 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 45.00
Norton Wins Fifth-Straight Thanks to Eli Jones
Eli Jones's big game helped extend Norton's winning streak to five on Friday. Jones was unstoppable, throwing for 115 yards and a touchdown.
Jones is probably looking forward to his next game, a road matchup against Russell on Friday. When Jones last faced the Broncos back in October of 2023, he rushed for 131 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.2 yards per carry, and also threw for 143 yards and a touchdown.
Gamescore: 36.92
Tyler Backman Makes It Two for Norton
Keeping Jones company is Tyler Backman, a fellow Norton player. He rushed for 45 yards and a touchdown.
Unfortunately for Beloit, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Backman. When Backman last faced the Trojans back in October of 2023, he rushed for 71 yards and three touchdowns, and also picked up 43 receiving yards.
Gamescore: 21.05
Rex Eberle Makes Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Rex Eberle of Oakley. Eberle picked up two sacks and made six total tackles.
On the year, Eberle has averaged 3.6 total tackles per game and for the season has 3 sacks. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging one total tackle per game.
Gamescore: 19.50
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
