1A - 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!
Cameron Wahlquist Drops League-Best Effort on Friday
Starting off the list is North Sevier's Cameron Wahlquist, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Wahlquist picked up 81 receiving yards and a touchdown, good enough for us to rate the performance as the best he's had all season long. His longest reception was for an incredible 81 yards.
With the victory, North Sevier broke their three-game losing streak and moved their record to 3-6. Wahlquist and North Sevier will challenge Parowan at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 26.23
While Kasen Crum delivered a dominant effort on Friday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Duchesne. Kanab had no answer to Crum as he rushed for 85 yards.
The defeat snapped Duchesne's winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 5-4 record. Crum and Duchesne will take on North Summit at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Gamescore: 23.80
Goodliffe Posts Huge Game in 36-20 Loss
Keeping Crum company is Nashden Goodliffe, a fellow Duchesne player. He rushed for 68 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 102 yards and two touchdowns.
For the year, Goodliffe has thrown 9 touchdowns while averaging 123.8 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after nine games last season, he was only averaging 3.67 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 55.11 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 20.90
A Constellation of Stars for Duchesne
Another Duchesne player making an appearance on this list is Jeshaun Johnson. He picked up 51 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
This year, Johnson has caught 5 touchdowns while averaging 56.4 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after nine games last season, he had one receiving touchdown.
Gamescore: 20.25
A Season-Best Performance from Rylan Frischknecht Leads North Sevier over Gunnison Valley
Rylan Frischknecht produced his most outstanding game to date while leading North Sevier to the win on Friday. Frischknecht threw for 209 yards and a touchdown, good enough to also set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
On the year, Frischknecht has thrown 11 touchdowns (and and only 2 picks) while averaging 127 passing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he had one passing touchdown.
Gamescore: 19.93
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