A District 3 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!
Alarion Russell Delivers Best Effort of Season
Alarion Russell produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Bryan to the win on Friday. Russell rushed for 177 yards and five touchdowns on only 14 carries.
With the victory, Bryan broke their five-game losing streak and moved their record to 2-5. Russell and Bryan will square off against Lincoln East at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 58.77
Isaiah Morgan Has Career-Day on Friday
Bryan was led to victory by Isaiah Morgan, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Morgan rushed for 240 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.6 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
Benson had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Morgan it was a similar story. When Morgan last faced the Bunnies back in September of 2023, he rushed for 146 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries.
Gamescore: 44.00
A Season-Best Effort from Zaire Lagrone Leads Kearney over Millard North
Kearney was led to victory by Zaire Lagrone, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Lagrone picked up 77 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 37 yards and a touchdown. He torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 77 yards.
The victory was the fourth in a row for Kearney, bringing their record for this year to 6-1. Lagrone and Kearney will face off against Columbus at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 29.38
Campbell Came Up Big in Lincoln East's 27-14 Win
Winning always takes teamwork, but on Thursday Kyle Campbell stepped things up a notch to give Lincoln East the 'W'. Columbus had no answer to Campbell as he rushed for 38 yards and two touchdowns.
Campbell and Lincoln East will host Bryan at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Campbell will face off against Isaiah Morgan, the Bears' star rusher. Will the matchup be decided in the trenches? We'll have our answer very soon.
Gamescore: 24.83
Other Notable Players
- Griffin Novacek: 128 yards passing; 48 yards rushing (Gamescore: 23.73)
- Colin Bogacz: 58 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 21.15)
- Sawyer Schilke: 1 sack and 13 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 19.90)
- Samuel Nachtigal: 94 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 19.58)
- Dayven Mosbacker: 52 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 18.60)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
