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. The bulk of those receiving yards came from one huge play: a catch that gained an incredible 85 yards.
The victory (which was Escambia's third in a row) raised their record to 5-2. Clardy and Escambia will look to defend their home field on Friday against Crestview at 7:00 p.m.
Gamescore: 23.62
White Posts Huge Game in 35-21 Victory
Another Escambia player making an appearance on this list is Dorrion White. He rushed for 120 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.1 yards per carry.
For the year, White has run in 5 touchdowns while averaging 77.3 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 23.20
Jakhire Witherspoon Delivers Best Performance of Season
On Friday, Booker T. Washington had to settle for second even though Jakhire Witherspoon put up the best numbers he has all season. Witherspoon wasn't messing around, picking up a sack and making 11 total tackles (3.0 for loss). The matchup was his third straight with six or more total tackles. He has become a key player for Booker T. Washington: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least four 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 are taking a road trip to face off against Tate at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 22.75
Billy Dunn Turns in Season-Best Performance
Billy Dunn produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Escambia to the win on Friday. Dunn threw for 200 yards and two touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes.
For the season, Dunn has thrown 5 touchdowns while averaging 76.5 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 21.93
Big Game from Murphy As Booker T. Washington Fell 23-2
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.
This season, Murphy has averaged 9 total tackles per game and for the season has 2 sacks. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, 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
