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!
Austin Battle Delivers Best Effort of Season
Austin Battle produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Millbrook to the win on Friday. Battle threw for 237 yards and four touchdowns.
The victory for Millbrook keeps them at an undefeated 6-0. Battle and Millbrook will challenge Rolesville at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 33.40
Underclassman Jamel Perry Comes Up Big Against Wake Forest
While Knightdale couldn't topple Wake Forest on Friday, it's impossible to ignore the impact made by underclassman Jamel Perry. Perry was dynamite, throwing for 288 yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for 44 yards.
Knightdale is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-5. Perry and Knightdale will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Rolesville at 7:00 p.m. on October 18th.
Gamescore: 32.70
Devon Thomas Delivers Electric Performance Vs Wakefield
Devon Thomas's big game helped extend Rolesville's winning streak to four on Friday. Thomas was unstoppable, rushing for 57 yards and two touchdowns.
If history really does repeat itself, Thomas might just drop another big game when he faces off against Millbrook on Friday. Thomas rushed for 211 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.7 yards per carry, and also caught a touchdown the last time he and the Wildcats duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 21.80
A Season-Best Performance from Rashaun Covington Leads Knightdale over Wake Forest
Knightdale came up short on Friday despite Rashaun Covington delivering his best game to date. Covington picked up 152 receiving yards and a touchdown. He torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 75 yards.
For the year, Covington has caught those 1 touchdown while averaging 44.3 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 21.53
Atkinson Posts Huge Game in 58-7 Win
The second Rolesville player making an appearance here is Braden Atkinson, and for good reason. He threw for 192 yards and two touchdowns.
Wakefield had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Atkinson it was a similar story. Back in September of 2023 (the last time Atkinson saw the Wolverines), he threw for 301 yards and five touchdowns while completing 81.5% of his passes.
Gamescore: 20.50
Other Notable Players
- DJ McKie: 10 total tackles (2.0 for loss) and 1 forced fumble (Gamescore: 18.50)
- Rashad Streets: 3 sacks and 5 total tackles (Gamescore: 18.00)
- Jaedon Alford: 49 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 17.23)
- Amir Brown: 62 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 16.78)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
