1A Smoky Mountain Top Football Player Performances

By Team Reports Oct 11, 2024, 2:36am

Highlighting the Best of the Best

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1A Smoky Mountain 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!

Michel Gayosso Tops All Others This Week

Starting off the list is Cherokee's Michel Gayosso, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Gayosso picked up 37 receiving yards and a touchdown.

Cherokee dropped their record down to 3-3 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. Gayosso and Cherokee will take on Andrews at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.

Gamescore: 26.95

A Season-Best Effort from Luke Smith Leads Cherokee over Robbinsville

On Friday, Cherokee had to settle for second even though Luke Smith put up the best numbers he has all season. Smith picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made seven total tackles.

On the year, Smith has averaged 6.7 total tackles per game and for the season has 2 sacks. It gets even more impressive: after six games last season, he was only averaging 22.33 receiving yards per game. This year he is averaging 43.17 receiving yards.

Gamescore: 22.15

Drew Scaggs Crosses Big Stat Threshold

While Swain County might've come up empty on Friday, Drew Scaggs wasn't going down without a fight. Scaggs made a major impact, picking up 1.5 sacks and making nine total tackles (2.5 for loss). Thanks to that strong showing, he's now averaging 5.6 total tackles per game.

Swain County is on a six-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-5. Scaggs' next contest is against Hayesville on Friday, where he'll look to repeat that solid effort.

Gamescore: 20.00

Jerry Cable Rounds Out Top Five

Rounding off our Top Five is Jerry Cable of Andrews. Cable wasn't messing around on Friday, making 15 total tackles. The match was his sixth straight with five or more total tackles dating back to last season.

On the year, Cable has averaged 10.2 total tackles per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 1.6 total tackles per game.

Gamescore: 17.00

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