A-8 Plains (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!
Jaxon Carlson Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Sedgwick County was led to victory by Jaxon Carlson, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Saturday. Carlson rushed for 310 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 14.1 yards per carry, and also threw for 75 yards and two touchdowns. He's now once again averaging 100+ rushing yards (104.2) per game. His longest rush was for an incredible 86 yards.
Unfortunately for Dayspring Christian Academy, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Carlson. Carlson rushed for 145 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.6 yards per carry, and also threw for 130 yards and a touchdown on only eight passes the last time he and the Eagles duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 88.20
Grant Statz Dazzles in Haxtun Victory
Grant Statz was instrumental in extending Haxtun's winning streak to five on Friday. Statz turned in nothing short of a gem, rushing for 128 yards and four touchdowns on only eight carries.
Haxtun pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season. Statz and Haxtun will challenge Akron at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 63.90
Ryland Wolff Makes It Two for Haxtun
Another Haxtun player making an appearance on this list is Ryland Wolff. He made eight total tackles.
Wolff might have his next game, a road matchup with Akron, circled on his calendar. When Wolff last faced the Rams back in September of 2023, he forced a fumble and made ten total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Gamescore: 34.00
Big Game from Statz As Haxtun Won 70-6
Zach Statz's big game helped extend Haxtun's winning streak to five on Friday. Merino had no answer to Statz as he rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown on only six carries.
For the season, Statz has averaged 25.7 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 33.57
The second Sedgwick County player making an appearance here is Owen Harris, and for good reason. He rushed for 77 yards and a touchdown.
For the year, Harris has run in 5 touchdowns while averaging 47.3 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 23.5 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.80
Other Notable Players
- Elijah Martin: 99 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 20.38)
- Brady Mollendor: 44 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 20.10)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
