7A Region 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!
A Season-Best Performance from Floyd Sinegal Leads Horn Lake over Lewisburg
Horn Lake was led to victory by Floyd Sinegal, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Sinegal rushed for 183 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He has become a key player for Horn Lake: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise.
On the season, Sinegal has run in 11 touchdowns while averaging 120.3 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after nine games last season, he was only averaging 3.22 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 43.80
Demarkus Crain Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Demarkus Crain produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Horn Lake to the win on Friday. Crain rushed for 149 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.3 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
On the season, Crain has run in 15 touchdowns while averaging 92.8 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 44.78 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 42.85
Jonathan Roberts Turns in Season-Best Performance
On Friday, DeSoto Central got the W thanks in part to Jonathan Roberts playing the best football he has all season. Roberts rushed for 178 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.4 yards per carry. He was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 53 yards.
Roberts and DeSoto Central will venture away from home to face off against Horn Lake at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The match will pit Roberts up against the Eagles' star running back Floyd Sinegal. With so much talent on the field, fans are surely in for an exciting game. The only thing left to see is who brings home the W.
Gamescore: 40.00
Eric Perry's Big Game Leads Desoto Central over Hernando
Another DeSoto Central player making an appearance on this list is Eric Perry. He rushed for 110 yards and a touchdown on only six carries, and also threw for 163 yards and a touchdown. His longest rush was for an impressive 51 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Hernando had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Perry it was a similar story. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Perry saw the Tigers), he threw for 284 yards and three touchdowns.
Gamescore: 38.47
Dean Came Up Big in Oxford's 35-14 Victory
Rounding off our Top Five is Drew Dean of Oxford. Dean threw for 200 yards and two touchdowns while completing 73.9% of his passes, and also rushed for 36 yards.
The win (which was Oxford's third in a row) raised their record to 4-4. Dean and Oxford will challenge Lewisburg at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 26.23
Other Notable Players
- Lenden Fairley: 100 yards rushing, 1 TD ; 26 yards receiving (Gamescore: 25.08)
- Courtney Battle: 1 interception and 10 total tackles (Gamescore: 23.60)
- DJ Longino: 1 sack and 9 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 23.50)
- Cable Bearden: 16 total tackles (Gamescore: 23.25)
- Jai Johnson: 1 sack and 12 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 21.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
