1A Western Slope 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!
Clay Crawford Goes Supernova in Meeker Win
Starting off the list is Meeker's Clay Crawford, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Crawford rushed for 119 yards and three touchdowns on only seven carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 51 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Crawford must have North Fork's number; he was a force to be reckoned with the last time he faced them too. When Crawford last faced the Miners back in August of 2023, he rushed for 158 yards and two touchdowns.
Gamescore: 54.88
Grand Valley Gets a Boost from Schoeppner in 8-7 Defeat
Grand Valley was sadly handed a loss on Thursday, but Mason Schoeppner did his best to prevent it. Cedaredge had no answer to Schoeppner as he rushed for 72 yards on only nine carries, and also picked up 40 receiving yards.
Schoeppner and Grand Valley will challenge North Fork at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The Cardinals had to take a loss when they last met the Miners, but Schoeppner had little to do with the loss: he picked up 76 receiving yards and a touchdown. Can he match (or beat) that performance?
Gamescore: 40.47
Said Rodriguez Has Career-Day on Friday
Said Rodriguez posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He made ten total tackles (1.0 for loss). He showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 55 yards.
On the season, Rodriguez has averaged 6.9 total tackles per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 6.86 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 40.57 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 34.45
A Constellation of Stars for Meeker
Another Meeker player making an appearance on this list is Cade Blunt. He picked up 51 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 56 yards.
On the season, Blunt has averaged 87.5 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he was only averaging 51.33 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 34.27
Donny Read Makes Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Donny Read of Roaring Fork. Read made 11 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
With the win, Roaring Fork broke their three-game losing streak and moved their record to 3-4. Read and Roaring Fork are taking a road trip to face off against Cedaredge at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 34.23
Other Notable Players
- Kolter Mann: 127 yards rushing (Gamescore: 27.15)
- Sione Clegg: 1 sack and 8 total tackles (4.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 21.00)
- Gabriel Mendoza: 15 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 20.85)
- Peyton Farris: 1 sack and 11 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 20.75)
- Eli Norris: 1 interception (1TD) and 7 total tackles (Gamescore: 18.18)
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