AAAAAA Region 3 Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances from Friday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Xavier Hill Goes Supernova in Harrison Win
Starting off the list is Harrison's Xavier Hill, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Hill rushed for 108 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 126 yards and a touchdown.
The win (which was Harrison's third in a row) raised their record to 5-1. Hill and Harrison will look to defend their home field on Friday against South Cobb at 7:30 p.m.
Gamescore: 32.30
Walters Made His Presence Known in Hillgrove's 42-3 Win
Caleb Walters's big game helped extend Hillgrove's winning streak to six on Friday. Paulding County had no answer to Walters as he rushed for 135 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.5 yards per carry.
Walters and Hillgrove will take on Campbell at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The Hawks got just the result they wanted when they last faced the Spartans, probably because Walters had a solid game then too: he rushed for 83 yards and a touchdown. Can he match (or beat) that performance?
Gamescore: 23.18
Christian Smith Delivers Best Effort of Season
On Friday, Harrison got the W thanks in part to Christian Smith playing the best football he has all season. Smith wasn't messing around, picking up two sacks and making six total tackles. The matchup was his sixth straight with six or more total tackles dating back to last season.
McEachern had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Smith it was a similar story. Smith made 14 total tackles (2.0 for loss) the last time he and the Indians duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 19.50
Rachid Bassinga's Rushing Yards a New Career-High
Rachid Bassinga posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 79 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 58 yards.
On the year, Bassinga has run in those 1 touchdown while averaging 35.3 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after three games last season, he was only averaging 22.67 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 19.40
Austin Perry put up the most rushing yards he's had since back in September of 2023 on Friday. He picked up 50 receiving yards and a touchdown.
On the season, Perry has caught 5 touchdowns while averaging 62.2 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 18.92
Other Notable Players
- Corey Dewberry Jr: 1 sack and 5 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.50)
- Jameson Mccollough: 1 sack and 9 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.25)
- Malik Leggett: 103 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 16.72)
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