A - Western 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!
Banyan Johnston Turns in Season-Best Performance
On Friday, Columbia Falls got the W thanks in part to Banyan Johnston playing the best football he has all season. Johnston threw for 166 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushed for 54 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries.
The win (which was Columbia Falls' third in a row) raised their record to 4-2. Johnston and Columbia Falls will be playing at home against Bigfork at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 47.62
Austin Savik Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Bigfork was led to victory by Austin Savik, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Savik picked up 100 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 64 yards and a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.all of that, rushing production came thanks to one massive run
This season, Savik has caught 7 touchdowns while averaging 68 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he had two receiving touchdowns.
Gamescore: 39.65
Hickey Made His Presence Known in Bigfork's 68-7 Win
Another Bigfork player making an appearance on this list is Treker Hickey. He rushed for 93 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries.
On the season, Hickey has run in 7 touchdowns while averaging 91 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 38.60
Jackson Lubke's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Hamilton over Beaverhead County
Hamilton had to settle for second on Thursday, but Jackson Lubke sure wasn't going down easily. Despite the defeat, Lubke was still balling out as he picked up 85 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Lubke and Hamilton will challenge Corvallis at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The matchup will pit Lubke up against the Blue Devils' star WR Gideon Boswell. The only thing left to do is find out who's the greater deep ball threat. You'll have to watch the game to know for sure.
Gamescore: 38.25
A Season-Best Performance from Cole Schmit Leads Bigfork over Browning
Cole Schmit produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Bigfork to the win on Friday. Schmit threw for 132 yards and three touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground.
For the season, Schmit has thrown 18 touchdowns while averaging 168 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 0.14 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging nine rushing yards.
Gamescore: 31.60
Other Notable Players
- Kolby Finley: 75 yards passing; 56 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 26.95)
- Jake Forthofer: 73 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 26.45)
- Tayden West: 1 TD ; 63 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.87)
- Easton Brooks: 74 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 24.07)
- Carson Gulick: 83 yards passing; 55 yards rushing (Gamescore: 20.63)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
