4A Northern 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!
Braden Atkinson Goes Supernova in Rolesville Win
Starting off the list is Rolesville's Braden Atkinson, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Atkinson threw for 325 yards and four touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes.
Millbrook had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Atkinson it was a similar story. Atkinson threw for 418 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes the last time he and the Wildcats duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 32.67
Ladainian Person Delivers Best Effort of Season
Heritage was led to victory by LaDainian Person, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Person rushed for 149 yards and two touchdowns.
Heritage moved to 1-6 with that win, which also ended their eight-game losing streak. Person and Heritage will head out on the road to face off against Wake Forest at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 31.87
Another Game with at Least Two Sacks from Rashad Streets
Sadly, Rashad Streets posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Millbrook over Rolesville on Friday. Streets wasn't messing around, picking up 2.5 sacks and making 15 total tackles. The matchup was his fifth straight with two or more sacks.
With the loss, Millbrook broke their six-game winning streak and moved their record to 6-1. Streets and Millbrook will welcome Wakefield at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 30.75
Big Game from Cypher As Millbrook Fell 35-0
Quinton Cypher continued his hot streak on Friday by dropping his 19th-straight game (dating back to last season) with at least eight total tackles. He made 18 total tackles (2.0 for loss) and snagged an interception.
Cypher is probably looking forward to his next game, a road matchup against Wakefield on Friday. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Cypher saw the Wolverines), he picked up a sack and made 16 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Gamescore: 29.25
Austin Congleton Makes Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Austin Congleton of Wakefield. Congleton threw for 277 yards and four touchdowns.
Wakefield is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-6. Congleton and Wakefield are taking a road trip to square off against Millbrook at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 27.37
Other Notable Players
- Jamel Perry: 201 yards passing (Gamescore: 25.10)
- Anthony Roberts: 118 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 24.13)
- Malcolm Mcintyre: 7 total tackles (3.0 for loss) and 1 forced fumble (Gamescore: 22.27)
- Josiah Sturdivant: 1 sack and 16 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 22.25)
- Tyler Rotellini: 0.5 sacks, 1 interception, and 8 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 21.50)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
