1A Region 8 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!
Landon Mcnickles Delivers Best Performance of Season
Enterprise was led to victory by Landon Mcnickles, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Mcnickles rushed for 218 yards and four touchdowns on only eight carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an incredible 85 yards.
Salem had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Mcnickles it was a similar story. When Mcnickles last faced the Wildcats back in October of 2023, he rushed for 198 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries, and also threw for 103 yards and a touchdown.
Gamescore: 65.05
Luke Davey Turns in Season-Best Effort
Sacred Heart came up short on Friday despite Luke Davey delivering his best game to date. Davey picked up 82 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He was no stranger to the big play, cutting upfield on a catch that went for 61 yards.
Sacred Heart's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 6-2. Davey and Sacred Heart will venture away from home to face off against Resurrection Catholic at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 36.95
Payton Kyzar Makes It Two for Enterprise
Another Enterprise player making an appearance on this list is Payton Kyzar. He rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown.
This year, Kyzar has run in 6 touchdowns while averaging 53.1 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 28.25 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 33.00
Kyron Murphy Goes Supernova in Sacred Heart Defeat
Another Sacred Heart player making an appearance on this list is Kyron Murphy. He threw for 207 yards and four touchdowns on only 13 passes, and also rushed for 33 yards.
On the year, Murphy has thrown 19 touchdowns (and and only 3 pick) while averaging 153.4 passing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had nine passing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 31.40
Big Game from Duckworth As Sacred Heart Fell 39-35
Another Sacred Heart player making an appearance on this list is Gary Duckworth. He picked up 120 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 71 yards.
For the year, Duckworth has caught 11 touchdowns while averaging 85 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 25.00
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
