1A Carolina 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!
Carell Phillips Delivers Best Effort of Season
North Duplin was led to victory by Carell Phillips, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Phillips rushed for 252 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.5 yards per carry, and also caught a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an incredible 80 yards.
The victory for North Duplin keeps them at an undefeated 6-0. They and Union are set to duel on Friday.
Gamescore: 66.48
A Season-Best Performance from Tobias Cromartie Leads Union over Rosewood
Sadly, Tobias Cromartie posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Union over Rosewood on Friday. Cromartie rushed for 193 yards and three touchdowns. He showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 66 yards.
Union is on a 12-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-7. They and North Duplin are set to duel on Friday.
Gamescore: 45.17
Talan Collins Goes Supernova in Rosewood Win
Rosewood picked up their third consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Talan Collins. Collins was unstoppable, picking up 98 receiving yards and three touchdowns. He is becoming a predictor of Rosewood's success: when he posts at least two receiving touchdowns the team is undefeated (and 1-3 when he doesn't).
Rosewood's victory bumped their record up to 5-3. Collins and Rosewood will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against North Duplin at 7:00 p.m. on October 25th.
Gamescore: 38.63
Dontavius Smith Turns in Season-Best Effort
Sadly, Dontavius Smith posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Lakewood over North Duplin on Friday. Smith picked up 114 receiving yards and three touchdowns. He torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 73 yards.
Lakewood's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-3. Smith and Lakewood will host Hobbton at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 30.40
Bryson Hobbs Makes It Two for Rosewood
The second Rosewood player making an appearance here is Bryson Hobbs, and for good reason. He rushed for 70 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
For the year, Hobbs has run in 6 touchdowns while averaging 74.4 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 9.63 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 24.65
Other Notable Players
- Calvin Lacewell: 109 yards rushing; 35 yards receiving (Gamescore: 22.48)
- Hunter Sasser: (Gamescore: 21.37)
- Jaasir Myles: 67 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 19.28)
- Micah Bell: 10 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.25)
- Reed Ammons: 164 yards passing (Gamescore: 16.73)
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