9-Man Region 3 (9 Man) 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!
A Season-Best Performance from Hayden Sands Leads Larimore over Hatton/Northwood
Larimore was led to victory by Hayden Sands, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Sands rushed for 299 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.3 yards per carry. The performance once again pushed his average rushing yardage north of 100 yards per game (118.6). Those 299 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
This year, Sands has run in those 4 touchdowns while averaging 118.6 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had two rushing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 69.40
Keja Jr. Posts Huge Game in 44-6 Win
Four Winds found a leader in Kashton Keja Jr. as the squad took down Nelson County co-op [Lakota/Dakota Prairie] on Friday. Nobody could stop Keja Jr. as he rushed for 177 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries, and also threw for 80 yards and a touchdown. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 81-yard run.
This year, Keja Jr. has thrown 10 touchdowns while averaging 88 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 65.73
Wakinya Greybear Makes It Two for Four Winds
Another Four Winds player making an appearance on this list is Wakinya Greybear. He picked up a sack, made nine total tackles (3.0 for loss), and defended a pass. He didn't just play on offense: he also picked up a sack, made nine total tackles (3.0 for loss), and defended a pass.
For the year, Greybear has averaged 7 total tackles per game and for the season has 5 sacks.
Gamescore: 42.18
Dyllan Rethemeier Makes It Two for Larimore
The second Larimore player making an appearance here is Dyllan Rethemeier, and for good reason. He picked up two sacks, forced a fumble, and made nine total tackles (3.0 for loss).
For the season, Rethemeier has averaged 4.6 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 two total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 30.00
A Constellation of Stars for Larimore
Another Larimore player making an appearance on this list is Logan Kyllo. He forced two fumbles and made 12 total tackles.
For the year, Kyllo has averaged 2.6 total tackles per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 0.14 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 26.00
Other Notable Players
- Tyler Black: 67 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 17.80)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
