2A 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!
Rodrevious Bailey Turns in Season-Best Effort
Lafayette County came up short on Friday despite Rodrevious Bailey delivering his best game to date. Bailey rushed for 229 yards and four touchdowns on only 14 carries, and also picked up 49 receiving yards. His longest rush was for an impressive 60 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Lafayette County now has a losing record at 2-3. Bailey and Lafayette County will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Murfreesboro at 7:00 p.m. on October 18th.
Gamescore: 89.35
Laster Posts Huge Game in 39-36 Victory
Winning always takes teamwork, but on Friday Xavier Laster stepped things up a notch to give Gurdon the 'W'. Laster was dynamite, rushing for 103 yards on only 13 carries, while also catching a touchdown.
This season, Laster has averaged 111.8 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after four games last season, he was only averaging 69.75 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 24.28
Jaz Radford Makes It Two for Lafayette County
Another Lafayette County player making an appearance on this list is Jaz Radford. He rushed for 16 yards and a touchdown.
This year, Radford has averaged 89 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 22.33
Another Gurdon player making an appearance on this list is Jamari Williams. He rushed for 86 yards and two touchdowns.
Williams must have Lafayette County's number; he was a force to be reckoned with the last time he faced them too. Back in August of 2023 (the last time Williams saw the Cougars), he rushed for 77 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries.
Gamescore: 19.60
Another Game with at Least Seven Total Tackles from Zakarian Lawson
Zakarian Lawson continued his hot streak on Friday by dropping his ninth-straight game (dating back to last season) with at least seven total tackles. He made 13 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
This season, Lawson has averaged 9.8 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 19.25
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