Railbelt 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 Performance from Oschaun Easaw Leads Lathrop over West Valley
Oschaun Easaw produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Lathrop to the win on Saturday. Easaw rushed for 205 yards and four touchdowns on only 12 carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: he has now rushed for 115 or more in the last nine games he's played dating back to last season.
On the year, Easaw has run in 18 touchdowns while averaging 166 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after nine games last season, he was only averaging 0.11 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 60.20
Deshon Hall Makes It Two for Lathrop
Another Lathrop player making an appearance on this list is Deshon Hall. He picked up 30 receiving yards and a touchdown.
This season, Hall has caught 3 touchdowns while averaging 12.7 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 23.58
Eagle River had to settle for second on Friday, but Braden Ott sure wasn't going down easily. Ott was unstoppable, picking up a sack, forcing a fumble, and making nine total tackles. He has become a key player for Eagle River: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least three total tackles, but 2-4 otherwise.
This season, Ott has averaged 4.6 total tackles per game and for the season has 3 sacks.
Gamescore: 22.75
Jimmy Runnels Makes Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Jimmy Runnels of North Pole. Runnels wasn't messing around on Friday, picking up a sack and making ten total tackles. The matchup was his sixth straight with five or more total tackles dating back to last season.
For the season, Runnels has averaged 9 total tackles per game and for the season has those 1 sack. He is looking even better than he did last year: after nine games last season, he was only averaging 0.33 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 18.75
Other Notable Players
- Braiden Martin: 167 yards passing; 25 yards rushing (Gamescore: 18.43)
- Jaycee Brooks: 40 yards receiving, 1 TD ; 28 yards rushing (Gamescore: 17.23)
- Devin Emmett: 107 yards passing (Gamescore: 16.83)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
