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!
Clay Crawford Delivers Best Effort of Season
Meeker was led to victory by Clay Crawford, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Crawford rushed for 148 yards and two touchdowns. The effort marked the most rushing yards he has had since back in November of 2023. His longest rush was for an incredible 73 yards.
Crawford might have his next game, a home matchup with North Fork, circled on his calendar. Crawford rushed for 158 yards and two touchdowns the last time he and the Miners duked it out back in August of 2023.
Gamescore: 47.15
Mason Schoeppner Goes Supernova in Grand Valley Win
Mason Schoeppner posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 149 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.8 yards per carry. He didn't just play on offense: he also picked up a sack and made nine total tackles.
Grand Valley's victory ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-4. Schoeppner and Grand Valley will face off against Cedaredge at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 45.50
Payson Pene Has Career-Day on Friday
Payson Pene posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries.
The win was the third in a row for North Fork, bringing their record for this year to 4-2. Pene and North Fork will face off against Meeker at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 39.68
A Season-Best Performance from Andrew Horner Leads Grand Valley over Olathe
Grand Valley was led to victory by Andrew Horner, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Horner rushed for 57 yards and three touchdowns.
For the season, Horner has averaged 25.8 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after six games last season, he was only averaging 28 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 44.5 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 27.00
Meeker Gets a Boost from Blunt in 40-0 Victory
Another Meeker player making an appearance on this list is Cade Blunt. He rushed for 86 yards and a touchdown.
On the year, Blunt has run in 3 touchdowns while averaging 93.8 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after five games last season, he was only averaging 55.8 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 25.60
Other Notable Players
- Richard Terraraz: 1 sack and 10 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 18.00)
- Jakob Carver: 13 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
