A - Western 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!
Banyan Johnston Delivers Best Performance of Season
Columbia Falls was led to victory by Banyan Johnston, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Johnston threw for 166 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushed for 54 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries.
The victory (which was Columbia Falls' third in a row) raised their record to 4-2. Johnston's next contest is against Bigfork on Friday, where he'll look to repeat that solid effort.
Gamescore: 47.62
Austin Savik Has Career-Day on Friday
Bigfork was led to victory by Austin Savik, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Savik picked up 100 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 64 yards and a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.all of that, rushing production came thanks to one massive run
This season, Savik has caught 7 touchdowns while averaging 68 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 19.43 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 39.65
Treker Hickey Goes Supernova in Bigfork Victory
Another Bigfork player making an appearance on this list is Treker Hickey. He rushed for 93 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries.
On the season, Hickey has run in 7 touchdowns while averaging 91 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 38.60
Jackson Lubke's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Hamilton over Beaverhead County
While Jackson Lubke delivered a dominant effort on Thursday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Hamilton. Nobody could stop Lubke as he picked up 85 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
This year, Lubke has caught 5 touchdowns while averaging 76 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he was only averaging 1.83 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 38.25
Cole Schmit Turns in Season-Best Performance
Bigfork was led to victory by Cole Schmit, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Schmit threw for 132 yards and three touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground.
For the year, Schmit has thrown 18 touchdowns while averaging 168 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 0.14 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging nine rushing yards.
Gamescore: 31.60
Other Notable Players
- Kolby Finley: 75 yards passing; 56 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 26.95)
- Jake Forthofer: 73 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 26.45)
- Tayden West: 1 TD ; 63 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.87)
- Easton Brooks: 74 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 24.07)
- Carson Gulick: 83 yards passing; 55 yards rushing (Gamescore: 20.63)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
