Northern Lakes - Buckeye 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!
Grant Kinnee's Big Game Leads Anthony Wayne over Springfield
Grant Kinnee's big game helped extend Anthony Wayne's winning streak to eight on Friday. Kinnee was unstoppable, throwing for 94 yards and three touchdowns while completing 87.5% of his passes, and also punching in a touchdown on the ground.
Unfortunately for Springfield, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Kinnee. Kinnee rushed for 169 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries, and also threw for 133 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes the last time he and the Blue Devils duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 29.47
Braden Gardner and Co. Win Eighth in a Row
Braden Gardner's big game helped extend Anthony Wayne's winning streak to eight on Friday. Nobody could stop Gardner as he rushed for 44 yards and two touchdowns.
For the year, Gardner has averaged 39.1 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 9.71 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 27.62
Big Game from Takats As Perrysburg Won 37-14
Winning always takes teamwork, but on Friday Josh Takats stepped things up a notch to give Perrysburg the 'W'. Takats was dynamite, rushing for 59 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 138 yards and a touchdown while completing 75% of his passes.
Takats might have his next game, a road matchup with Springfield, circled on his calendar. Takats threw for 241 yards and four touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground the last time he and the Blue Devils duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 21.90
Nicolo Walkosky Makes It Two for Perrysburg
Keeping Takats company is Nicolo Walkosky, a fellow Perrysburg player. He rushed for 30 yards and two touchdowns.
On the season, Walkosky has run in 6 touchdowns while averaging 70.6 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 1.25 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 16.88
Anthony Wayne Wins Eighth-Straight Thanks to Roman Morrison
Anthony Wayne picked up their eighth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Roman Morrison. Nobody could stop Morrison as he picked up a sack and made five total tackles.
For the year, Morrison has averaged 5.9 total tackles per game and for the season has 2 sacks.
Gamescore: 15.10
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
