A District 3 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!
Pierce Mooberry Drops League-Best Effort on Friday
Starting off the list is Millard North's Pierce Mooberry, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Mooberry picked up a sack and made seven total tackles. He torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 84 yards.
This year, Mooberry has averaged 8 total tackles per game and for the season has 2 sacks. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 20.67 receiving yards per game. This year he is averaging 81.5 receiving yards.
Gamescore: 52.97
Griffin Novacek Delivers Best Performance of Season
Griffin Novacek produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Kearney to the win on Friday. Novacek threw for 227 yards and two touchdowns on only 17 passes, and also rushed for 110 yards.
The victory was the third in a row for Kearney, bringing their record for this year to 5-1. Novacek and Kearney will challenge Millard North at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 37.83
Sawyer Schilke Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Sawyer Schilke produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Kearney to the win on Friday. Schilke picked up a sack and made 18 total tackles (2.0 for loss), good enough to also set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
On the year, Schilke has averaged 9.7 total tackles per game and for the season has 4 sacks. It gets even more impressive: after six games last season, he was only averaging 0.33 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 2.5 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 35.10
Caden Vermaas Makes It Two for Millard North
The second Millard North player making an appearance here is Caden Vermaas, and for good reason. He made a tackle.
Gamescore: 34.67
A Constellation of Stars for Millard North
Another Millard North player making an appearance on this list is Zion Rush. He threw for 310 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 11.5 yards per attempt.
This season, Rush has thrown 13 touchdowns while averaging 168.5 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 32.97
Other Notable Players
- Michael Voichoskie: 82 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 29.35)
- Josh Dolence: 156 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 28.05)
- Presley Hall: 37 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 27.70)
- Carter Eisenmann: 62 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 24.75)
- Ryan Manning: 112 yards passing; 46 yards rushing (Gamescore: 22.97)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
