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| SM East's Gunnar Englund. Photo courtesy Hailey Hughes, SME Harbinger. |
Venus Triplett, Olathe North: Triplett carried the ball 35 times for 200 yards and two touchdowns in Olathe North's double-overtime victory against Olathe South. He now leads the league in rushing yards with 496 on 97 carries, and he's scored seven touchdowns. At his current pace, Triplett will be at roughly 300 carries by the end of the regular season. We've never seen anyone close to that before. Talk about a workhorse.
Gunnar Englund, SM East: In his third start of the season, and seventh start all-time, Englund completed seven of his 14 passes for 165 yards and two touchdowns. He also added eight carries for 48 yards and a touchdown, helping lead SM East to a 41-6 victory against SM Northwest. With a career record of 6-1 as a starter, and a quarterback rating which sits comfortably atop the Sunflower League, it's safe to say Englund has a case for being the league's top quarterback. If he can continue with his current production the Lancers are going to be very difficult to stop.
Week Three Coach of the Week
Jeff Meyers, Olathe East: The Mayor and his coaching staff had a quite a bit to overcome leading up to last Friday. The James McGinnis injury, combined with the blowout loss to rival Olathe South could have resulted in a poor showing and another loss. But Meyers kept his team focused and ready to play, and the result was a 14-6 victory. The Hawks now stand at 2-1, and have a good shot at picking up a few more wins before districts kick off.
Statistical Leaders
Passing Yards (QB Rating)
Will Schneider, SM North: 598, 7 TDs (79)
Gunnar Englund, SM East: 523, 5 TDs (127)
Matt Hollingsworth, SM South: 373, 2 TDs (31)
Chase Miller, Olathe East: 338, 3 TDs (79)
Landry Hodges, Leavenworth: 319, 1 TD (25)
Jake Seurer, Olathe South: 288, 2 TDs (87)
Jack Hatzfeld, Olathe Northwest: 215, 1 TD (66)
Bryce Torneden, Free State: 207, 2 TDs (68)
Clay Drouilliard, SM Northwest: 176 (38)
Adam Rellihan, SM West: 142, 3 TDs (74)
Chaz Burgess, Olathe North: 121, 1 TD (117)
Ron Kopp, SM Northwest: 99 (85)
Alan Clothier, Lawrence: 77 (17)
Rushing Yards
Venus Triplett, Olathe North: 496, 7 TDs
Collin Fischer, Olathe South: 384, 4 TDs
Jalen Branson, Olathe East: 328, 3 TDs
Wyatt Edmisten, SM East: 300, 7 TDs
Tarik Watson, SM West: 280, 1 TD
Bryce Torneden, Free State: 268, 4 TDs
Duron Lowe, SM Northwest: 248, 2 TDs
Trey Moore, Lawrence: 242, 2 TDs
Dalton Lewallen, SM South: 223, 3 TDs
Darius Henderson, Olathe Northwest: 201
Receiving Yards
Alec Dean, SM East: 327, 4 TDs
Nick Perez, SM North: 206, 1 TD
Isaiah Ross, Leavenworth: 154, 1 TD
Tyler Burnett, SM North: 153, 2 TDs
Jeighlon Cornell, Olathe North: 118, 1 TD
Zach Cahill, Olathe East: 116, 2 TDs
Johnny Heath, Leavenworth: 115
Joel Spain, Free State: 111, 2 TDs
Dalton Lewallen, SM South: 103, 2 TDs
Coleman Clanton, Olathe South: 102, 2 TDs
Derek Miller, Olathe East: 101
Tackles
Anthony Hunt, Leavenworth: 46
Price Morgan, Lawrence: 45
DJ Turner, SM West: 44
David Burton, Olathe Northwest: 43
Alex Renfrew, SM South: 31
Donte Colum, SM Northwest: 29
Jake Seurer, Olathe South: 29
Joe Fales, SM South: 29
Zach Gerber, SM South: 28
Dalton Lewallen, SM South: 28
Kyle Ball, SM East: 25
Amani Bledsoe, Lawrence: 25
Josh Compton, SM West: 25
Anthony McCray, Olathe East: 25
Forced Fumbles
Nick Perez, SM North: 3
Joe Fales, SM South: 2
Shane Hofer, Free State: 2
Fumble Recoveries
Jalen Branson, Olathe East: 2
Ivan Hollins, Lawrence: 2
Nate Howard, Olathe South: 2
Sacks
Amani Bledsoe, Lawrence: 4
Kyle Ball, SM East: 3
Eli Pruss, Olathe Northwest: 3
Nate Amos, Leavenworth: 2
Ryan Donnelly, SM South: 2
Shane Hofer, Free State: 2
Kamau Kimaru, SM South: 2
Interceptions
Derek Miller, Olathe East: 3
Chaz Burgess, Olathe North: 2
Isaiah Macklin, SM West: 2
Max McClellan, Olathe East: 2
Zee Pinkerton, Olathe Northwest: 2
Charley White, SM East: 2
Field Goals
Chris Diddle, Olathe East: (3/4)
Decin Antcil, Olathe Northwest: (2/4)
Jonathan Killeen, SM Northwest: (2/2)
Jake Boyce, Leavenworth: (1/4)
Daniel Clarke, Free State: (1/1)
Cody Corbin, SM South: (1/1)
Logan Swartz, Olathe South: (1/2)
*Olathe North did not submit defensive statistics. Lawrence, Free State and Olathe South did not submit complete defensive statistics.
