Northeast 8 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!
Big Game from Foster As Leo Won 34-20
Starting off the list is Leo's Nathan Foster, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Foster rushed for 155 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 62 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
For the season, Foster has run in 9 touchdowns while averaging 136.1 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 49.88
While Bellmont might've come up empty on Friday, Grady Baker wasn't going down without a fight. Baker turned in nothing short of a gem, rushing for 112 yards and a touchdown.
Bellmont is on a 17-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-7. Baker and Bellmont will head out to face off against DeKalb at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 42.12
A Season-Best Performance from Graham Blythe Leads Dekalb over Norwell
Graham Blythe produced his most outstanding game to date while leading DeKalb to the win on Friday. Blythe wasn't messing around, forcing a fumble and making 16 total tackles (5.0 for loss). The matchup was his 11th straight with five or more total tackles dating back to last season. He has become a key player for DeKalb: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least one forced fumble, but 1-3 otherwise.
This season, Blythe has averaged 9.3 total tackles per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he had one forced fumble. This year he is already up to three.
Gamescore: 35.75
Brady Culler Turns in Season-Best Performance
DeKalb was led to victory by Brady Culler, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Culler picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made seven total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Culler must have Norwell's number; he was a force to be reckoned with the last time he faced them too. When Culler last faced the Knights back in September of 2023, he picked up a sack and made ten total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Gamescore: 32.63
Landin Hoeppner's Rushing Yards a New Career-High
Landin Hoeppner posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He made five total tackles and defended a pass. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 60 yards.
On the year, Hoeppner has averaged 2.9 total tackles per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 24 receiving yards per game. This year he is averaging 36.57 receiving yards.
Gamescore: 32.47
Other Notable Players
- Dylan Krehl: 58 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 32.35)
- Drake Hall: 58 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 31.95)
- Rylee Biddle: 169 yards passing (Gamescore: 26.87)
- Brock Schott: 93 yards receiving; 1 TD rushing (Gamescore: 24.47)
- Jordan Borders: 61 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 18.35)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
