SE Missouri - 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!
Keyshawn Boyd Turns in Season-Best Effort
Keyshawn Boyd produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Central to the win on Friday. Boyd rushed for 238 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 14.9 yards per carry. The effort marked the most rushing yards he has had since back in November of 2023. His longest rush was for an incredible 94 yards.
Farmington had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Boyd it was a similar story. Boyd rushed for 269 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 16.8 yards per carry the last time he and the Knights duked it out back in November of 2023.
Gamescore: 65.20
Zai'aire Thomas' Big Game Leads Central over Farmington
Another Central player making an appearance on this list is Zai'Aire Thomas. He rushed for 109 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries, and also picked up 57 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Farmington's probably not too fond of Thomas given he always seems to get the better of them. Thomas rushed for 43 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 39 receiving yards and a touchdown the last time he and the Knights duked it out back in November of 2023.
Gamescore: 46.58
Another Game with at Least 101 Rushing Yards from Josh Mccarthy
Josh Mccarthy's rushing tear continued on Friday as he dropped his third-straight game with 101+ rushing yards. He rushed for 110 yards and a touchdown. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 80-yard run.
This season, Mccarthy has run in 6 touchdowns while averaging 87.7 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 2.57 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 35.40
A Season-Best Effort from Hunter Clifford Leads Poplar Bluff over West Plains
Poplar Bluff came up short on Friday despite Hunter Clifford delivering his best game to date. Clifford picked up 166 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He showed off some serious burst, connecting on a big catch for 51 yards.
Poplar Bluff dropped their record down to 2-5 with the defeat, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. Clifford and Poplar Bluff will venture away from home to take on Kennett at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 29.43
Gavin Pittman produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Central to the win on Friday. Pittman wasn't messing around, making 16 total tackles (2.0 for loss). The match was his seventh straight with five or more total tackles.
This season, Pittman has averaged 9.3 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 28.00
Other Notable Players
- Jay Edmundson: 369 yards passing; 23 yards rushing (Gamescore: 27.80)
- Deklin Pittman: 105 yards passing; 95 yards rushing (Gamescore: 27.60)
- Shawn L Shelton: 14 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 23.00)
- Caden Jenkins: 14 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.63)
- Brett Drye: 77 yards passing; 59 yards rushing (Gamescore: 15.33)
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