5A East 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!
Owen Miller Turns in Season-Best Performance
Harding Academy was led to victory by Owen Miller, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Miller rushed for 188 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries, and also threw for 196 yards and a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an impressive 62 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
The victory was the third in a row for Harding Academy, bringing their record for this year to 5-3. Miller and Harding Academy will head out on the road to face off against Wynne at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 60.97
Gartman Posts Huge Game in 51-0 Win
Valley View picked up their eighth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Drew Gartman. Nobody could stop Gartman as he rushed for 37 yards and three touchdowns.
Gartman and Valley View will challenge Nettleton at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The match will pit Gartman up against the Raiders' star QB Maddox Hampton. With so much talent on the field, fans are surely in for an exciting game. The only thing left to see is who brings home the W.
Gamescore: 26.87
While Talen Foree delivered a dominant effort on Friday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Batesville. Foree was unstoppable, making five total tackles (1.5 for loss).
Foree and Batesville will head out on the road to take on Greene County Tech at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Foree's will try to catch a pass or two from Drew Gartman the Blazers' star signal caller Will Gartman have another big offensive game, or will Foree keep him contained? We'll have our answer soon enough.
Gamescore: 24.10
Cole Bentz Makes It Two for Batesville
Keeping Foree company is Cole Bentz, a fellow Batesville player. He threw for 195 yards and three touchdowns.
For the season, Bentz has thrown 11 touchdowns while averaging 143.2 passing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he had three passing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 23.70
Trenton Hall Makes It Two for Harding Academy
The second Harding Academy player making an appearance here is Trenton Hall, and for good reason. He made five total tackles.
For the year, Hall has averaged 6.5 total tackles per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 20 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 34.13 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 23.32
Other Notable Players
- Isaac Baker: 59 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 19.08)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
