4A District 1 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!
Ladarian Clardy Drops League-Best Performance on Friday
Starting off the list is Escambia's Ladarian Clardy, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Clardy made six total tackles. He torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 85 yards.
The win was the third in a row for Escambia, bringing their record for this year to 5-2. Clardy and Escambia will host Crestview at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 23.62
Escambia Gets a Boost from White in 35-21 Victory
Keeping Clardy company is Dorrion White, a fellow Escambia player. He rushed for 120 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.1 yards per carry.
This year, White has run in 5 touchdowns while averaging 77.3 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 23.20
A Season-Best Effort from Jakhire Witherspoon Leads Booker T. Washington over Pine Forest
Sadly, Jakhire Witherspoon posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Booker T. Washington over Pine Forest on Friday. Witherspoon wasn't messing around, picking up a sack and making 11 total tackles (3.0 for loss). The game was his third straight with six or more total tackles. Booker T. Washington is 2-1 when Witherspoon posts four or more total tackles, but 1-4 otherwise.
Booker T. Washington is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-5. Witherspoon and Booker T. Washington will venture away from home to take on Tate at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 22.75
Billy Dunn Turns in Season-Best Effort
Escambia was led to victory by Billy Dunn, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Dunn threw for 200 yards and two touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes.
This year, Dunn has thrown 5 touchdowns while averaging 76.5 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 21.93
Murphy Came Up Big in Booker T. Washington's 23-2 Loss
Another Booker T. Washington player making an appearance on this list is Darius Murphy. He picked up a sack and made six total tackles (4.0 for loss). He is on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made six or more in the last seven games he's played dating back to last season.
On the year, Murphy has averaged 9 total tackles per game and for the season has 2 sacks. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 1.38 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 18.00
Other Notable Players
- Georqirous Moultrie: 33 yards rushing, 1 TD ; 22 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 17.68)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
