1A Western Slope 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!
Cade Blunt Delivers Electric Performance Vs Cedaredge
Starting off the list is Meeker's Cade Blunt, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Blunt rushed for 137 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.2 yards per carry, and also threw for 35 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
The win (which was Meeker's third in a row) raised their record to 3-2. Blunt and Meeker will head out on the road to face off against Roaring Fork at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 56.03
Grand Valley's Losing Streak Is No More Thanks to Mason Schoeppner
Grand Valley's 12-game losing streak dating back to last season is now nothing but a memory thanks in part to Mason Schoeppner. Schoeppner turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday, rushing for 144 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.0 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Grand Valley's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-4. Schoeppner and Grand Valley will look to defend their home field on Friday against Olathe at 7:00 p.m.
Gamescore: 49.67
Roaring Fork had to settle for second on Friday, but Donny Read sure wasn't going down easily. Grand Valley had no answer to Read as he made 12 total tackles.
Roaring Fork now has a losing record at 2-3. Read will have a chance to log another big game when he takes on Meeker on Friday.
Gamescore: 47.00
Joe Hollembeak Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Joe Hollembeak posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He made seven total tackles (1.0 for loss).
On the season, Hollembeak has averaged 5.2 total tackles per game. It gets even more impressive: after five games last season, he had one receiving touchdown. This year he is already up to three.
Gamescore: 45.33
A Season-Best Effort from Clay Crawford Leads Meeker over Cedaredge
On Friday, Meeker got the W thanks in part to Clay Crawford playing the best football he has all season. Crawford picked up 111 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground.
Unfortunately for Cedaredge, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Crawford. When Crawford last faced the Bruins back in September of 2023, he rushed for 129 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries.
Gamescore: 36.33
Other Notable Players
- Balaram Koss: 23 total tackles (Gamescore: 25.70)
- Mazzden Balko: 36 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 21.45)
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