5A Inland Empire 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 Kage (Lovie) Weil Leads Lakeland over Sandpoint
On Friday, Lakeland got the W thanks in part to Kage (Lovie) Weil playing the best football he has all season. Weil's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 129 rushing yards dating back to last season.
The win (which was Lakeland's third in a row) raised their record to 6-2. Weil and Lakeland will face off against Lewiston at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 56.20
Haydon Benson Has Career Rushing Day
Lakeland was led to victory by Haydon Benson, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Benson rushed for 75 yards and a touchdown on only six carries, and also threw for 100 yards and a touchdown while completing 87.5% of his passes, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
This year, Benson has thrown 6 touchdowns while averaging 125.6 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 28.67
Another Game with at Least Six Total Tackles from Lucas Garrison
Lucas Garrison continued his hot streak on Friday by dropping his ninth-straight game with at least six total tackles. He made 11 total tackles.
On the season, Garrison has averaged 7.9 total tackles per game and for the season has 0 sacks.
Gamescore: 12.75
Another Game with at Least Five Total Tackles from Wylie Wimmer
Wylie Wimmer continued his hot streak on Friday by dropping his 17th-straight game (dating back to last season) with at least five total tackles. He made 12 total tackles.
For the year, Wimmer has averaged 12.4 total tackles per game and for the season has 1 sack. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 6.11 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 11.25
A Constellation of Stars for Lakeland
Another Lakeland player making an appearance on this list is Jace Taylor. He picked up 47 receiving yards and a touchdown.
This year, Taylor has caught 2 touchdowns while averaging 60.5 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 4.88 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 11.20
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