A - Western 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!
Austin Savik Turns in Season-Best Effort
On Friday, Bigfork got the W thanks in part to Austin Savik playing the best football he has all season. Savik picked up 100 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 64 yards and a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 64 yards.
On the season, Savik has caught 7 touchdowns while averaging 68 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he had two receiving touchdowns.
Gamescore: 39.65
Hickey Came Up Big in Bigfork's 68-7 Victory
Keeping Savik company is Treker Hickey, a fellow Bigfork player. He rushed for 93 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries.
On the year, Hickey has run in 7 touchdowns while averaging 91 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 38.60
A Season-Best Effort from Cole Schmit Leads Bigfork over Browning
Cole Schmit produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Bigfork to the win on Friday. Schmit threw for 132 yards and three touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground.
For the season, Schmit has thrown 18 touchdowns while averaging 168 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 0.14 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging nine rushing yards.
Gamescore: 31.60
Frenchtown Wins Tenth-Straight Thanks to Brody Hardy
Brody Hardy's big game helped extend Frenchtown's winning streak to ten on Friday. Ronan had no answer to Hardy as he made a tackle and defended a pass.
Frenchtown pushed their record up to 7-0 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. Hardy and Frenchtown will be playing at home against Stevensville at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 29.60
Big Game from Finley As Ronan Fell 48-12
Rounding off our Top Five is Kolby Finley of Ronan. Finley rushed for 56 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 75 yards and a touchdown.
Finley is probably looking forward to his next game, a home matchup against Park on Friday. Finley rushed for 96 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries, and also threw for 121 yards and three touchdowns the last time he and the Rangers duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 26.95
Other Notable Players
- Jake Forthofer: 73 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 26.45)
- Tayden West: 1 TD ; 63 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.87)
- Carson Gulick: 83 yards passing; 55 yards rushing (Gamescore: 20.63)
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