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!
Caiden Hinkle Crosses Big Stat Threshold
DeKalb was led to victory by Caiden Hinkle, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Hinkle rushed for 261 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 14.5 yards per carry. He's now once again averaging 100+ rushing yards (119.8) per game. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Unfortunately for Bellmont, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Hinkle. Hinkle rushed for 224 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries the last time he and the Braves duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 81.00
Ethan Mcintosh Delivers Best Effort of Season
On Friday, Columbia City got the W thanks in part to Ethan Mcintosh playing the best football he has all season. Mcintosh picked up a sack and made 12 total tackles.
Columbia City's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-1. Mcintosh and Columbia City will take on Norwell at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 40.50
Foster Came Up Big in Leo's 21-18 Defeat
While Leo might've come up empty on Friday, Nathan Foster wasn't going down without a fight. Foster was unstoppable, rushing for 115 yards and a touchdown on only 15 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 54 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Leo's defeat ended a ten-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 6-2. Foster and Leo will welcome DeKalb at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 32.75
Graham Blythe Turns in Another Game with at Least Five Total Tackles
Graham Blythe continued his hot streak on Friday by dropping his 12th-straight game (dating back to last season) with at least five total tackles. He picked up a sack and made 13 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
This season, Blythe has averaged 9.8 total tackles per game and for the season has 1.5 sacks.
Gamescore: 28.50
A Season-Best Performance from Ian Ramey Leads East Noble over New Haven
Ian Ramey produced his most outstanding game to date while leading East Noble to the win on Friday. Ramey rushed for 101 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries.
The win (which was East Noble's sixth in a row) raised their record to 7-1. Ramey and East Noble will take on Bellmont at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 28.20
Other Notable Players
- Nicholas Ley: 2 sacks and 5 total tackles (5.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 27.00)
- Brady Culler: 1 sack, 8 total tackles (2.0 for loss), and 1 forced fumble (Gamescore: 20.25)
- Rylee Biddle: 116 yards passing (Gamescore: 19.33)
- Oliver Werling: 15 total tackles and 1 forced fumble (Gamescore: 18.15)
- Xavier Bell: 57 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 16.60)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
