1A Region 8 Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances in games played on Thursday and Friday (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Landon Mcnickles Delivers Best Effort of Season
On Thursday, Enterprise got the W thanks in part to Landon Mcnickles playing the best football he has all season. Mcnickles rushed for 218 yards and four touchdowns on only eight carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an incredible 85 yards.
Unfortunately for Salem, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Mcnickles. Mcnickles rushed for 198 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries, and also threw for 103 yards and a touchdown the last time he and the Wildcats duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 65.05
A Season-Best Effort from Luke Davey Leads Sacred Heart over Lumberton
On Friday, Sacred Heart had to settle for second even though Luke Davey put up the best numbers he has all season. Davey picked up 82 receiving yards and two touchdowns. The bulk of those receiving yards came from one huge play: a catch that gained an incredible 61 yards.
Sacred Heart's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 6-2. Davey and Sacred Heart will venture away from home to take on Resurrection Catholic at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 36.95
Payton Kyzar Makes It Two for Enterprise
The second Enterprise player making an appearance here is Payton Kyzar, and for good reason. He rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown.
On the season, Kyzar has run in 6 touchdowns while averaging 53.1 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 28.25 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 33.00
Kyron Murphy Delivers Electric Effort Vs Lumberton
Another Sacred Heart player making an appearance on this list is Kyron Murphy. He threw for 207 yards and four touchdowns on only 13 passes, and also rushed for 33 yards.
On the season, Murphy has thrown 19 touchdowns (and and only 3 pick) while averaging 153.4 passing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he had nine passing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 31.40
Duckworth Came Up Big in Sacred Heart's 39-35 Defeat
Another Sacred Heart player making an appearance on this list is Gary Duckworth. He picked up 120 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 71 yards.
On the season, Duckworth has caught 11 touchdowns while averaging 85 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 25.00
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
