Big East 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!
Carter Hajek Delivers Best Effort of Season
Carter Hajek produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Nemaha Central to the win on Friday. Hajek's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his 11th straight game with at least 104 rushing yards dating back to last season. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Unfortunately for Royal Valley, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Hajek. Back in September of 2023 (the last time Hajek saw the Panthers), he rushed for 74 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries, and also threw for 123 yards and two touchdowns.
Gamescore: 122.52
Cael Frazier Turns in Season-Best Performance
Holton was led to victory by Cael Frazier, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Frazier made 18 total tackles. The effort also marked the most rushing yards (102) he has had since back in October of 2023.
Holton pushed their record up to 4-3 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. Frazier and Holton will be playing at home against Leavenworth at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 55.45
Kyler Jackson Has Career Rushing Day
On Friday, Holton got the W thanks in part to Kyler Jackson playing the best football he has all season. Jackson rushed for 188 yards while picking up 9.9 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
Jackson must have Hiawatha's number; he was a force to be reckoned with the last time he faced them too. Back in September of 2023 (the last time Jackson saw the Red Hawks), he rushed for 66 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries.
Gamescore: 44.25
Korban Wilson produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Holton to the win on Friday. Wilson rushed for 131 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.2 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
Wilson must have Hiawatha's number; he was a force to be reckoned with the last time he faced them too. When Wilson last faced the Red Hawks back in September of 2023, he rushed for 61 yards and two touchdowns.
Gamescore: 34.05
Big Game from Horak As Rossville Won 28-0
Rossville picked up their fourth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Tayson Horak. Horak was unstoppable, rushing for 76 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 119 yards and a touchdown while completing 80% of his passes. He didn't just play on offense: he also made two total tackles and defended three passes.
On the year, Horak has thrown 8 touchdowns while averaging 121.2 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 66 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 105.67 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 33.33
Other Notable Players
- Bodie Dillon: 97 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 29.45)
- Bronzen Rush: 65 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 19.68)
- Jaxson Stevens: 204 yards rushing (Gamescore: 19.60)
- Abram Keim: 17 total tackles (Gamescore: 19.50)
- Osiris Unruh: 8 total tackles (2.0 for loss) and 1 forced fumble (Gamescore: 17.65)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
