Lowell jumps in the rankings, and kicker Dylan Bisacchi is one of the players of the week.
TOP 10
With records through Wednesday and previous rankings in parentheses.
1. Crown Point 6-0 (1)
Dominic Fantin makes three of the team-record seven interceptions in the Bulldogs’ Duneland Athletic Conference win against Valparaiso.
2. Merrillville 4-2 (2)
Jashaun Gillespie records seven tackles with two for loss and one sack in the Pirates’ DAC shutout of LaPorte.
3. Andrean 5-1 (3)
Dylan Gore completes 16 of 18 passes for 202 yards and three touchdowns in the 59ers’ Northwest Crossroads Conference win against Highland.
4. Lowell 5-1 (9)
John Judd racks up 12 tackles in the Red Devils’ NCC win against Hobart.
5. Hobart 4-2 (4)
Nathan Sobczynski returns an interception for a TD in the Brickies’ NCC loss to Lowell.
6. Michigan City 4-2 (5)
Trinaston Hart completes 15 of 20 passes for 193 yards and three TDs and also runs for 130 yards and a TD in the Wolves’ DAC win against Lake Central.
7. Chesterton 4-2 (6)
Andrew Goveia runs for 205 yards and three TDs in the Trojans’ DAC win against Portage.
8. Valparaiso 1-5 (7)
Ben Fedorchak registers nine tackles in the Vikings’ DAC loss to Crown Point.
9. Morton 4-2 (8)
Davion Terry rushes for 101 yards and two TDs on just five carries in the Governors’ nonconference shutout of Calumet Christian.
10. Griffith 5-1 (10)
Desmond Neylon runs for 188 yards and two TDs in the Panthers’ nonconference win against East Chicago Centrral.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Versatile sophomore Sal Montes rushes for 268 yards and a team-record six touchdowns during Boone Grove’s 42-24 Greater South Shore Conference crossover win against River Forest.
SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Junior Dylan Bisacchi kicks a 23-yard field goal, his second field goal of the game, as time expires to send Lowell to a 20-17 Northwest Crossroads Conference win against Hobart.
