Illini Prairie 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!
A Season-Best Performance from WYATT WERTZ Leads St. Joseph-Ogden over Pontiac
St. Joseph-Ogden was led to victory by WYATT WERTZ, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. WERTZ rushed for 131 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 69 yards.
The victory for St. Joseph-Ogden keeps them at an undefeated 7-0. WERTZ and St. Joseph-Ogden will square off against Rantoul at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 41.00
Dalton Steidinger Has Career-Day on Saturday
Dalton Steidinger posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Saturday. He threw for 187 yards and four touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes, and also rushed for 51 yards.
Prairie Central now has a winning record of 4-3. Steidinger and Prairie Central will take on Monticello at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 35.87
Dane Eisenmenger Goes Supernova in Tolono Unity Victory
Dane Eisenmenger was a major factor in Tolono Unity's victory over Rantoul on Friday. Rantoul had no answer to Eisenmenger as he threw for 230 yards and three touchdowns while completing 92.3% of his passes. Eisenmenger is becoming a predictor of Tolono Unity's success: when he posts at least three passing touchdowns the team is 3-1 (and 1-2 when he doesn't).
Tolono Unity now has a winning record of 4-3. Eisenmenger and Tolono Unity are taking a road trip to face off against Paxton-Buckley-Loda at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 29.03
MCKINNEY Posts Huge Game in 59-8 Win
KODEY MCKINNEY was instrumental in extending St. Joseph-Ogden's winning streak to seven on Friday. MCKINNEY was dynamite, throwing for 161 yards and three touchdowns on perfect 8-for-8 passing.
On the year, MCKINNEY has thrown 19 touchdowns (and and only 3 picks) while averaging 217.9 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 27.33
Will Skala Makes It Two for Prairie Central
Another Prairie Central player making an appearance on this list is Will Skala. He picked up 46 receiving yards and a touchdown.
On the year, Skala has averaged 18.1 rushing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 0.29 receiving yards per game. This year he is averaging 13.14 receiving yards.
Gamescore: 27.12
Other Notable Players
- Caiden Schulz: 43 yards receiving, 1 TD ; 32 yards rushing (Gamescore: 23.75)
- Kaden Wedig: 56 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 17.85)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
