South Central 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!
Matthew Bywater Turns in Season-Best Effort
On Saturday, Litchfield/Mt. Olive got the W thanks in part to Matthew Bywater playing the best football he has all season. Bywater picked up 124 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 42 yards and a touchdown. He got the majority of those receiving yards when he pulled down a pass and took off for a gain of 77 yards.
The victory got Litchfield/Mt. Olive back to even at 3-3. Bywater and Litchfield/Mt. Olive will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Pana at 7:00 p.m. on October 18th.
Gamescore: 46.58
Wyatt Kile Delivers Best Effort of Season
Wyatt Kile produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Pana to the win on Friday. Kile threw for 181 yards and three touchdowns on perfect 6-for-6 passing, and also rushed for 35 yards and two touchdowns.
Kile is probably looking forward to his next game, a home matchup against Gillespie on Friday. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Kile saw the Miners), he threw for 133 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes, and also rushed for 103 yards on only seven carries.
Gamescore: 43.87
Big Game from Dyer As Carlinville Fell 21-14
Nate Dyer put up the most rushing yards he's had since back in September of 2023 on Friday. He rushed for 124 yards and a touchdown.
North Mac had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Dyer it was a similar story. Dyer rushed for 89 yards and two touchdowns the last time he and the Panthers duked it out back in September of 2023.
Gamescore: 41.38
A Season-Best Effort from Ethan Saathoff Leads Litchfield/Mt. Olive over Gillespie
Ethan Saathoff produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Litchfield/Mt. Olive to the win on Saturday. Saathoff threw for 228 yards and four touchdowns on only 16 passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground.
This year, Saathoff has thrown 9 touchdowns while averaging 130.5 passing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging three passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 39.80
Tyler Rench Turns in Season-Best Performance
Pana was led to victory by Tyler Rench, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Rench picked up two sacks and made nine total tackles (3.0 for loss).
This season, Rench has averaged 5.8 total tackles per game and for the season has 5 sacks. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging eight receiving yards per game. This year he is averaging 33 receiving yards.
Gamescore: 35.53
Other Notable Players
- Khiry Taylor: 82 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 35.10)
- Jesse Baker: 116 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 29.20)
- Parker Moore: 37 yards receiving, 1 TD ; 34 yards rushing (Gamescore: 20.77)
- Amony Anderson: 102 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 20.40)
- Greyson Brewer: 62 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 19.70)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
