8-Man West (8 Man) 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!
Big Game from Nelson As West Prairie/Southeastern Fell 52-16
Starting off the list is West Prairie/Southeastern's Austin Nelson, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Nelson rushed for 122 yards and a touchdown.
If history really does repeat itself, Nelson might just drop another big game when he faces off against Galva on Friday. When Nelson last faced Galva back in August of 2023, he rushed for 92 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
Gamescore: 30.03
Flanagan/Woodland had to settle for second on Friday, but Leelynd Durbin sure wasn't going down easily. Nobody could stop Durbin as he rushed for 48 yards.
For the year, Durbin has averaged 92.7 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 23.17 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 16.43
Another Game with at Least Five Total Tackles from Mikey Kitch
Mikey Kitch continued his hot streak on Friday by dropping his ninth-straight game (dating back to last season) with at least five total tackles. He made nine total tackles (1.0 for loss).
This year, Kitch has averaged 8.8 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 13.25
Zandar Radke Makes It Two for Flanagan/Woodland
The second Flanagan/Woodland player making an appearance here is Zandar Radke, and for good reason. He wasn't messing around on Friday, picking up a sack and making seven total tackles. The game was his sixth straight with seven or more total tackles.
This season, Radke has averaged 9.8 total tackles per game and for the season has those 1 sack.
Gamescore: 13.23
A Constellation of Stars for West Prairie/Southeastern
Another West Prairie/Southeastern player making an appearance on this list is Braden Coplan. He rushed for 24 yards.
For the year, Coplan has averaged 9.5 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 8.45
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
