Inter-County - North 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!
Nasir Collins Has Career-Day on Friday
Starting off the list is Mount Union's Nasir Collins, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. On Friday Collins made six total tackles, good enough to also set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: he has now punched in two or more in the last four games he's played.
The victory was the fourth in a row for Mount Union, bringing their record for this year to 8-1. They and Meyersdale are set to duel on Friday.
Gamescore: 72.30
Big Game from Hoover As Juniata Valley Won 42-22
Juniata Valley found a leader in Vincent Hoover as the squad took down Southern Huntingdon County on Friday. Hoover turned in nothing short of a gem, rushing for 165 yards and three touchdowns. He also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, picking up two sacks and making six total tackles (3.0 for loss).
This year, Hoover has run in 9 touchdowns while averaging 75.8 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he was only averaging six rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 61.60
Landon Buck's Big Game Leads Moshannon Valley over West Branch
Moshannon Valley found a leader in Landon Buck as the team took down West Branch on Friday. West Branch had no answer to Buck as he rushed for 134 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries.
On the season, Buck has run in 9 touchdowns while averaging 82.9 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after nine games last season, he was only averaging 9.33 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 49.10
Rocco Reifer Makes It Two for Moshannon Valley
Keeping Buck company is Rocco Reifer, a fellow Moshannon Valley player. He rushed for 143 yards while picking up 7.5 yards per carry. His rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 143 rushing yards.
Unfortunately for West Branch, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Reifer. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Reifer saw the Warriors), he rushed for 96 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries.
Gamescore: 46.50
Mount Union Gets a Boost from Ryan in 21-13 Win
The second Mount Union player making an appearance here is Josh Ryan, and for good reason. He rushed for 79 yards and a touchdown.
Ryan must have Claysburg-Kimmel's number; he was a force to be reckoned with the last time he faced them too. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Ryan saw the Bulldogs), he rushed for 116 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries, and also picked up 57 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Gamescore: 34.32
Other Notable Players
- Jimmy Sutton: 139 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 30.08)
- Rowdy Grissinger: 80 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 27.75)
- Brady Kephart: 25 yards receiving, 1 TD ; 53 yards rushing (Gamescore: 26.98)
- Mark Lattieri: 140 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.20)
- Dalton Weirich: 2 interception (1TD) and 6 total tackles (Gamescore: 23.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
