Friday Night Scores and Friday's Freaks

Caro 26 - Vassar 12
Ubly 38 - USA 12
Millington 35 - Alma 0
Reese 12 - Houghton Lake 6
Dryden 32 - Mayville 31
Marlette 57 - Kingston 19
Sandusky 33 - Cass City 6
Au Gres-Sims 42 - Akron-Fairgrove 6
North Branch 35 - Imlay City 7

Friday's Freaks

Caro - Nathan Dillon 8 tackles 1 sack; Mike Daniel 33-205 rush 2TD 1-20 rec TD; Brant Miller 2 INT

Vassar - Kyle Auernhamer 70 yd fumble return for a TD

USA - Kyle Masse 10-103 rush 2TD

Millington - Justin Stutler 21-114 rush TD; Noah Moore 2TD rush; Jesse Stewart 102 rush

Reese - Caleb Gnatkowski 85 yd fumble return for a TD; Kevin Kinasz 13 tackles

Mayville - Keith Whitaker 22 tackles; Paul Squires 13 tackles; Aaron Mercer 5-18 pass 121 yd 2TD INT 16-217 rush 3TD

Kingston - Taylor Nicol 5-112 rec TD; Joe Strauel 17-137 rush 2TD 8-17 pass 152 yd TD 4INT

Marlette - Justin Shaver 6-8 pass 201 yd 4 TD INT 5-6 rush; Dee Sanchez 7-101 2TD; Donnie Thomas 2-134 rec 2TD; Brandon King 2-93 rec 2TD; Kyle Jickling 3 INT

North Branch - Doug Griffin 14-160 3TD 2 2PAT 3-7 pass 21 yd

In a close call, the Freak Nasty Player of the Week is Mayville's Aaron Mercer. Aaron just edges out Caro's Mike Daniel. Mercer ran for 217 yards scored three touchdowns and passed for 121 yards while finding two receivers in the end-zone in the Wildcats close loss to Marlette.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Ahhhh...yessss...the old adage: Would you rather win the game or be voted the "Freak Nasty Player of the Week?"

Sincerely,

T.O.
Aug 29, 2009, 11:13:00 AM
Anonymous said…
Something has to be said for putting up numbers in a winning effort. Who cares if you rack up yardage in a loss. For my vote (not that it counts)...I have to go with Caro's Mike Daniel. 3TD's and 205 rushing yards on 33 carries in a 26-12 win over Vassar. Those are workhorse type of numbers.

andrew selich
Aug 29, 2009, 11:46:00 AM
oldtimer said…
35 tackles in one game by two players is quite an acheivement. I hope the stats. takers at their respective schools take their job seriously. Does this figure seem to be within reason of a short highschool game?
Aug 30, 2009, 10:15:00 AM
Christian Selich said…
If I remember correctly oldtimer I think I counted about 7 or 8 different times last year when I saw someone with 20 or more tackles in a game. I also hope the stat takers take the job seriously.
Aug 30, 2009, 7:59:00 PM
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