AA 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!
AJ Lindsey Drops League-Best Effort on Friday
Starting off the list is Landrum's AJ Lindsey, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Lindsey made ten total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Blacksburg had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Lindsey it was a similar story. When Lindsey last faced the Wildcats back in October of 2023, he forced two fumbles and made 11 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Gamescore: 41.62
Javen Cook's Big Game Leads Clinton over Chesnee
Javen Cook was a major factor in Clinton's win over Chesnee on Friday. Cook was unstoppable, rushing for 129 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.1 yards per carry.
For the year, Cook has run in 10 touchdowns while averaging 135.3 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he had one rushing touchdown.
Gamescore: 33.48
Tushawan Richardson Makes It Two for Clinton
Keeping Cook company is Tushawan Richardson, a fellow Clinton player. He threw for 178 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 passes.
For the year, Richardson has thrown 7 touchdowns while averaging 94.7 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after six games last season, he was only averaging 18.17 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 38.17 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 29.27
A Constellation of Stars for Landrum
Another Landrum player making an appearance on this list is Domanic Whiteside. He picked up two sacks and made 11 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
For the season, Whiteside has averaged 6 total tackles per game and for the season has 6 sacks. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had one sack.
Gamescore: 26.00
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
