B District 1 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!
Will Gutz Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Starting off the list is Bennington's Will Gutz, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Gutz rushed for 130 yards and two touchdowns. He's now once again averaging 100+ rushing yards (101.1) per game.
Gutz and Bennington will host Northwest at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The last time Gutz took on the Vikings, he rushed for 64 yards and two touchdowns. Can he match (or beat) that performance?
Gamescore: 26.00
A Season-Best Performance from Jack Jansen Leads Bennington over Elkhorn North
Bennington was led to victory by Jack Jansen, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Jansen wasn't messing around, picking up a sack and making 11 total tackles (2.0 for loss). The matchup was his ninth straight with five or more total tackles.
This season, Jansen has averaged 8.2 total tackles per game and for the season has 4 sacks. He is looking even better than he did last year: after nine games last season, he had one sack.
Gamescore: 19.25
Elkhorn North Gets a Boost from Paladino in 20-6 Loss
While Aj Paladino delivered a dominant effort on Friday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Elkhorn North. Nobody could stop Paladino as he picked up a sack and made 11 total tackles (1.5 for loss).
For the season, Paladino has averaged 6.6 total tackles per game and for the season has 3.5 sacks. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 1.22 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 19.00
While Elliot Beister delivered a dominant performance on Friday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Elkhorn. Nobody could stop Beister as he rushed for 56 yards and a touchdown.
Elkhorn dropped their record down to 4-5 with the defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. Beister and Elkhorn will take on Elkhorn North at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 18.78
Jayden Moody Makes It Two for Elkhorn
Another Elkhorn player making an appearance on this list is Jayden Moody. He picked up 76 receiving yards.
On the year, Moody has averaged 24.2 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 18.52
Other Notable Players
- Kayd Matthews: 225 yards passing; 21 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 17.60)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
