Northern 8 (8 Man) Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances across Friday and Saturday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
A Season-Best Effort from Drake Turinsky Leads Danbury over Stryker
On Saturday, Danbury got the W thanks in part to Drake Turinsky playing the best football he has all season. Turinsky rushed for 270 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 16.9 yards per carry. He's now once again averaging 100+ rushing yards (111.8) per game. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Unfortunately for Stryker, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Turinsky. Turinsky rushed for 198 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries the last time he and the Panthers duked it out back in September.
Gamescore: 80.35
Zyler Manning Has Career Rushing Day
Zyler Manning posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Saturday. He rushed for 149 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries. He didn't just play on offense: he also made four total tackles and defended a pass.
For the season, Manning has run in 5 touchdowns while averaging 49.4 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 47.70
Toledo Christian Wins 15th-Straight Thanks to Tyler Grace
Tyler Grace's big game helped extend Toledo Christian's winning streak to 15 on Friday. Nobody could stop Grace as he threw for 165 yards and five touchdowns while completing 84.6% of his passes, and also punched in a rushing score. He is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last five games he's played dating back to last season.
Toledo Christian pushed their record up to 7-0 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. Grace and Toledo Christian will challenge St. Mary Central Catholic at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Gamescore: 40.70
Jason O'neil Turns in Season-Best Effort
Toledo Christian picked up their 15th consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Jason O'Neil. O'Neil turned in his biggest game of the season, picking up three sacks and making ten total tackles (6.0 for loss).
This season, O'Neil has averaged 8 total tackles per game and for the season has 5.5 sacks.
Gamescore: 35.25
Ayden Ayers Makes It Three for Danbury
Another Danbury player making an appearance on this list is Ayden Ayers. He picked up 126 receiving yards and a touchdown. He didn't just play on offense: he also made three total tackles (1.0 for loss) and defended a pass in addition to snagging an interception.
On the year, Ayers has caught 2 touchdowns while averaging 29.7 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 31.93
Other Notable Players
- Tommy Dean: 175 yards passing; 55 yards rushing (Gamescore: 21.37)
- Taylor Monak: 1 interception and 12 total tackles (Gamescore: 20.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
