2A Intermountain Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances in games played on Thursday and Friday (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Graden Buckhanan's Big Game Leads Gunnison over Pagosa Springs
Graden Buckhanan helped snap Gunnison's seven-game losing streak dating back to last season. Pagosa Springs had no answer to Buckhanan on Friday as he rushed for 245 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.8 yards per carry. Buckhanan's longest rush was for an incredible 96 yards.
Gunnison's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-6. Buckhanan's next match is against Bayfield on Saturday, where he'll look to repeat that solid effort.
Gamescore: 69.30
Big Game from Mcmillian As Montezuma-Cortez Won 28-21
Colby Mcmillian posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 173 yards and four touchdowns on only eight carries. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 71-yard run.
The victory was the fourth in a row for Montezuma-Cortez, bringing their record for this year to 6-1. Mcmillian and Montezuma-Cortez will head out to square off against Pagosa Springs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 55.00
Dozier Came Up Big in Pagosa Springs' 41-25 Defeat
Pagosa Springs was sadly handed a defeat on Friday, but Creede Dozier did his best to prevent it. Despite the loss, Dozier was still balling out as he threw for 200 yards and two touchdowns while completing 86.7% of his passes, and also rushed for 74 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
On the year, Dozier has thrown 4 touchdowns while averaging 80.9 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 21.57 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 73.86 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 43.03
Colton Lucero Makes It Two for Pagosa Springs
Keeping Dozier company is Colton Lucero, a fellow Pagosa Springs player. He rushed for 169 yards and a touchdown. His rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 150 rushing yards.
For the year, Lucero has averaged 23.7 receiving yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he had four rushing touchdowns. This year he is already up to 17.
Gamescore: 41.93
Zane Zook Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Alamosa came up short on Friday despite Zane Zook delivering his best game to date. Zook rushed for 173 yards and two touchdowns. He's now once again averaging 100+ rushing yards (103.8) per game. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
This year, Zook has averaged 21.8 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 40.93
Other Notable Players
- Lincoln Williams: 35 yards rushing; 56 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 39.72)
- Casen Pridemore: 126 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 35.05)
- Wyatt Farney: 43 yards receiving, 1 TD ; 74 yards rushing (Gamescore: 33.62)
- Dyson Woodward: 125 yards passing; 126 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 32.43)
- Tay Wheat: 171 yards rushing (Gamescore: 32.15)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
