1A Western Slope 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!
A Season-Best Performance from Clay Crawford Leads Meeker over Roaring Fork
On Friday, Meeker got the W thanks in part to Clay Crawford playing the best football he has all season. Crawford rushed for 148 yards and two touchdowns. The performance marked the most rushing yards he has had since back in November of 2023. His longest rush was for an incredible 73 yards.
If history really does repeat itself, Crawford might just drop another big game when he faces off against North Fork on Friday. Crawford rushed for 158 yards and two touchdowns the last time he and the Miners duked it out back in August of 2023.
Gamescore: 47.15
Mason Schoeppner's Big Game Leads Grand Valley over Olathe
Mason Schoeppner posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 149 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.8 yards per carry. He also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up a sack and making nine total tackles.
Grand Valley's victory ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-4. Schoeppner and Grand Valley will host Cedaredge at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 45.50
Payson Pene Has Career-Day on Friday
Payson Pene posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries.
The victory (which was North Fork's third in a row) raised their record to 4-2. Pene and North Fork will host Meeker at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 39.68
Andrew Horner Turns in Season-Best Effort
Grand Valley was led to victory by Andrew Horner, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Horner rushed for 57 yards and three touchdowns.
This year, Horner has averaged 25.8 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 28 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 44.5 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 27.00
Blunt Made His Presence Known in Meeker's 40-0 Victory
Another Meeker player making an appearance on this list is Cade Blunt. He rushed for 86 yards and a touchdown.
For the season, Blunt has run in 3 touchdowns while averaging 93.8 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after five games last season, he was only averaging 55.8 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 25.60
Other Notable Players
- Richard Terraraz: 1 sack and 10 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 18.00)
- Jakob Carver: 13 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
