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See how Logan Elm won in stunning fashion last week.
You vote, you decide...who had Ohio's best individual performance this past week? Who had the best team performance?
MaxPreps and JJHuddle are proud to announce that they will sponsor an athlete of the week and team of the week award in football during the 2016-2017 school year.
Each week during the season (regular and post), there will be a fan-generated contest to tab weekly winners. Each weekly winner will receive awards: a banner, bracelets and certificates.
How does it work? Fans will nominate top performances (email efrantz@maxpreps.com) and nominees will also be selected from those schools that report stats on MaxPreps. We will announce the weekly finalists (up to 10) on MaxPreps and JJHuddle every Tuesday and voting will be conducted in a special poll. Voting will cease at noon on Monday. The winners will be announced the next day along with the next week's nominees.
Vote as many times as you want. It's a competition. You can vote below.
Week 1 Football Athlete of the Week
* Kyle Varney, Liberty Union (Baltimore) (FINAL VOTING RESULTS)The
quarterback threw for four touchdown passes (40, 20, 75 and 49 yards)
and ran for two more (12 and 42 yards) in a 53-6 win over Liberty Union.
Week 1 Football Team of the Week
* Logan Elm (Circleville) (FINAL VOTING RESULTS) Aided by quarterback
Logan Holbert,
who accounted for four touchdowns and broke the program record for most
all-purpose yards in a game (389), the Braves beat Zane Trace 26-24 by
scoring three touchdowns in the final 2:56. The last touchdown – a
27-yard touchdown pass from Holbert to
Terry Willison - came as time expired.
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Week 2 Football Athlete of the Week nominees
Avery Powers, New Bremen
Photo by David Pence
Ran for a state-record tying nine touchdowns in a 64-49 win over Crooskville. Carried the ball 37 times for 492 yards.
* Aaron Latiolais, Heath
Accounted for eight touchdowns in a 54-38 win over Sparta Highland. Ran for 230 yards and five touchdowns and threw for three more scores.
* Kesean Gamble, Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy
Carried the ball five times for 292 yards and four touchdowns in a 53-0 win over Breathitt County (Ky.).
* Avery Powers, New Bremen
Set a school record with five touchdowns in a 45-20 win over Holgate.
* Jarett Patton, Washington (Washington Courthouse)
Senior quarterback threw five touchdown passes and 267 yards and ran for 116 yards and a touchdown in a 48-42 win over Circleville.
* Micah Fliegel, Bexley (Columbus)
Ran for 273 yards and scored five touchdowns (three rushing and two receiving) in a 56-35 win over Bloom-Carroll.
* Cole Pittman, West Branch (Beloit)
Junior had 15 tackles, four tackles-for-loss and a sack in a 47-7 win over Beaver Local. Offensively? He scored two touchdowns and a two-point conversion.
* Greg Corn, Madeira (Cincinnati)
Carried the ball 28 times for 396 yards and four touchdowns in a 51-14 win over Aiken.
* Jordan Yelling, Deer Park (Cincinnati)
Had 160 yards rushing, 141 yards receiving, 42 yards on returns, scored six touchdowns and had two interceptions in a 42-34 win over Clark Montessori.
Week 2 Football Team of the Week nominees
* Hamilton
The Big Blue improved to 2-0 for the first time since 2008 with a 35-28 win over Fairmont. Hamilton stopped the Firebirds inches short of a first down at their own 13-yardline in the closing minutes to secure the win.
* Franklin
Fueled by two late fourth down stops, the Wildcats beat former Mid-Miami League rival Trenton Edgewood 27-21 in a meeting of top 10 teams in the MaxPreps/JJHuddle Ohio high school football division III and II state polls, respectively.
* Green (Franklin Furnace)
After wining two games the last two years, the Bobcats have opened this season 2-0 and have outscored their opponents 102-16.
* New Bremen
After going 1-29 the last three years, the Cardinals beat Holgate 45-20 to improve to 2-0.
* Wayne (Huber Heights)
The Warriors scored a 35-17 victory over Moeller, their third straight in the series.
* Boardman (Youngstown)
Down 26-14 with two minutes left, the Spartans scored two touchdowns in the final 1:53 to beat rival Cardinal Mooney 28-26. It was Boardman’s first win in the series since 2002. After a successful onside kick, the Spartans scored the game-winning touchdown with 14 seconds left.
* Benjamin Logan (Bellefontaine)
The Raiders scored a 28-13 win over host West Liberty-Salem, which was their first win in the series since 2005.
