North Star Football Conference Players of the Week

 (September 11, 2012)

The North Star Football Conference has announced the Player of the Week award winners for the second week of games.

East Division

Offensive Player of the Week – Travis Richards (Pillager) - Travis carried the ball 14 times for 125 yards while scoring 2 touchdowns in a win over Blackduck.

Defensive Player of the Week – Mason Clough (Bagley) – Mason, a senior, recorded 5 tackles and had an interception that he returned for a 55 yard touchdown in a win over Cass Lake – Bena.

Special Team Player – Drey Loge (Pine River-Backus). The senior returned a kickoff for 88 yards and a touchdown. Drey also had 78 yards rushing on 10 attempts with a touchdown. He also added a reception for 15 yards. Loge played on all special teams and had 6 solo tackles.

West Division

Offensive Player of the Week – Bob Bjorge (Mahnomen) – Bob recorded 15 carries for 160 yards to bring his total to 327 yards through 2 games with an 11 yard per carry average. The Mahnomen team is currently 2-0.

Defensive Player of the Week – Jake Hedstrom (Mahnomen) – Jake had 2 tackles for a loss, 1.5 sacks and 5 other tackles. Hedstrom was in the backfield all night in a shut out win over Frazee.

Special Teams Player of the Week – Darin Geray (Mahnomen) – Darin made it a sweep of the West Division weekly awards for Mahnomen. Geray had a blocked punt for the second consecutive week as Mahnomen ran its record to 2-0on the season.

Other outstanding performances for the week were turned in by: Lucas Thompson (Bagley – Offense), Sam Gibson (Warren-Alvarado-Oslo, Defense), and Dillon Novak (Warren-Alvarado-Oslo, Defense).