Cahokia - Mississippi 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!
Logan Hicks Has Career Rushing Day
Starting off the list is Columbia's Logan Hicks, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. On Friday Hicks rushed for 130 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries, and also picked up 53 receiving yards, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an impressive 56 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
The victory (which was Columbia's third in a row) raised their record to 5-2. Hicks will try to repeat (or improve) on that dominant effort when he faces off against Breese Central on Friday.
Gamescore: 48.20
Jase Nelson Delivers Best Effort of Season
Columbia was led to victory by Jase Nelson, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Nelson rushed for 173 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.7 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
On the season, Nelson has averaged 33.4 receiving yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 17 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 91.86 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 45.17
Breese Central Wins Seventh-Straight Thanks to Griffen Becker
Griffen Becker's big game helped extend Breese Central's winning streak to seven on Friday. Becker turned in nothing short of a gem, making 15 total tackles.
Breese Central pushed their record up to 7-0 with the win, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. Becker's next match is against Columbia on Friday, where he'll look to repeat that solid effort.
Gamescore: 37.00
Kaden Rakers Goes Supernova in Breese Central Win
Breese Central picked up their seventh consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Kaden Rakers. Roxana had no answer to Rakers as he rushed for 107 yards and a touchdown on only 15 carries, and also threw for 41 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Rakers has posted since back in October of 2023.
If the past is any indication, Rakers could be in store for another big game when he takes on Columbia on Friday. When Rakers last faced the Eagles back in October of 2023, he rushed for 175 yards and three touchdowns, and also picked up 62 receiving yards.
Gamescore: 36.77
John Higgins Turns in Season-Best Performance
Freeburg was led to victory by John Higgins, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Higgins rushed for 59 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries, and also picked up 108 receiving yards.
Freeburg moved to 2-5 with that victory, which also ended their four-game losing streak. Higgins and Freeburg will head out to take on Salem at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 32.45
Other Notable Players
- Preston Baker: 262 yards passing (Gamescore: 30.47)
- Miking Ettress: 165 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 27.22)
- Caleb Tucker: 12 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 19.25)
- Carter Deien: 107 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 17.20)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
