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 Effort 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. His longest rush was for an impressive 69 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
The victory for St. Joseph-Ogden keeps them at an undefeated 7-0. WERTZ and St. Joseph-Ogden will take on Rantoul at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 41.00
Dalton Steidinger Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
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 challenge Monticello at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 35.87
Eisenmenger Posts Huge Game in 51-13 Win
Dane Eisenmenger was a major factor in Tolono Unity's win over Rantoul on Friday. Eisenmenger was dynamite, throwing for 230 yards and three touchdowns while completing 92.3% of his passes. He 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 will have a chance to log another big game when he takes on Paxton-Buckley-Loda on Friday.
Gamescore: 29.03
St. Joseph-Ogden Wins Seventh-Straight Thanks to KODEY MCKINNEY
KODEY MCKINNEY was instrumental in extending St. Joseph-Ogden's winning streak to seven on Friday. MCKINNEY did his part (and then some), throwing for 161 yards and three touchdowns on perfect 8-for-8 passing for the 'W'.
For the season, 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.
For the season, 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
