2A/3A Big East Top Football Player Performances

By Team Reports Oct 9, 2024, 12:37am

Highlighting the Best of the Best

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2A/3A Big 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!

A Season-Best Performance from Barian Strickland Leads Northern Nash over Roanoke Rapids

Northern Nash was led to victory by Barian Strickland, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Strickland's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 133 rushing yards dating back to last season. He showed off some serious burst, connecting on a big catch for 60 yards.

The win for Northern Nash keeps them at an undefeated 6-0. Strickland and Northern Nash are taking a road trip to challenge Nash Central at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.

Gamescore: 86.28

While Bunn might've come up empty on Friday, Tyler Perry wasn't going down without a fight. Nobody could stop Perry as he rushed for 130 yards on only 13 carries.

Bunn's loss was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-5. Perry's next game is against Southern Nash on Friday, where he'll look to repeat that solid performance.

Gamescore: 35.80

Myles Eatmon Delivers Electric Performance Vs Roanoke Rapids

Northern Nash picked up their sixth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Myles Eatmon. Eatmon was dynamite, rushing for 99 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries.

On the year, Eatmon has run in 10 touchdowns while averaging 136.2 rushing yards per game.

Gamescore: 29.00

David Porter Rounds Out Top Five

Rounding off our Top Five is David Porter of Nash Central. Porter made four total tackles and defended a pass.

Nash Central's defeat dropped their record down to 3-3. Porter and Nash Central will host Northern Nash at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.

Gamescore: 20.43

Other Notable Players

  1. A Durham: 106 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 19.20)
  2. James "Rocket" Rodgers: 153 yards rushing (Gamescore: 18.60)
  3. Latavion Taborn: 1 sack and 9 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.25)

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