Midwest 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!
Jonathan Pearson Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Starting off the list is Tri-County's Jonathan Pearson, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Pearson rushed for 152 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.6 yards per carry. The performance once again pushed his average rushing yardage north of 100 yards per game (102). That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in October of 2023.
If history really does repeat itself, Pearson might just drop another big game when he faces off against Bowman Academy on Friday. When Pearson last faced the Eagles back in October of 2023, he rushed for 171 yards and four touchdowns on only 11 carries.
Gamescore: 46.63
Ben Sherrick Dazzles in North White Victory
North White found a leader in Ben Sherrick as the team took down South Newton on Friday. Sherrick was unstoppable, rushing for 116 yards and a touchdown. He was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 50 yards.
The victory made it two in a row for North White and bumps their season record up to 3-4. They and North Newton are set to duel on Friday.
Gamescore: 41.93
Frontier Gets a Boost from Newton in 47-13 Win
Jason Newton was instrumental in extending Frontier's winning streak to six on Friday. Newton was unstoppable, rushing for 93 yards and three touchdowns. He is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last six games he's played dating back to last season.
For the season, Newton has run in 14 touchdowns while averaging 88.2 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he had two rushing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 39.23
Frontier Wins Sixth-Straight Thanks to Reid Duncan
Reid Duncan's big game helped extend Frontier's winning streak to six on Friday. Tri-County had no answer to Duncan as he rushed for 62 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 130 yards and a touchdown while completing 73.7% of his passes.
For the season, Duncan has thrown 9 touchdowns (and and only 1 picks) while averaging 151.8 passing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 61.5 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.57
Other Notable Players
- Connor Huber: 35 yards rushing; 62 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.45)
- Drea Villarreal: 63 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.25)
- Kaiden Gutwein: 89 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 24.68)
- Lucas Bogucki: 55 yards rushing; 50 yards receiving (Gamescore: 19.78)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
