4A-2 Region III District 9 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!
Landen Dellinger Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Starting off the list is Shepherd's Landen Dellinger, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Dellinger rushed for 215 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 12.6 yards per carry, and also threw for ten yards and a touchdown. The performance once again pushed his average rushing yardage north of 100 yards per game (102.3). That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in September of 2023.
This season, Dellinger has thrown 2 touchdowns while averaging 35.5 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he had five rushing touchdowns. This year he is already up to nine.
Gamescore: 53.67
Starnes Posts Huge Game in 35-14 Victory
Braxton Starnes's big game helped extend Hamshire-Fannett's winning streak to four on Friday. Starnes was dynamite, picking up 112 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Hamshire-Fannett pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. Starnes and Hamshire-Fannett will take on Jasper at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 41.87
Preston Stephens Goes Supernova in Shepherd Victory
Preston Stephens's rushing tear continued on Friday as he dropped his 14th-straight game with 119+ rushing yards dating back to last season. He rushed for 143 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries, and also caught a touchdown.
Tarkington had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Stephens it was a similar story. When Stephens last faced the Longhorns back in September of 2023, he rushed for 181 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries.
Gamescore: 36.88
Pierce Pirtle Makes It Two for Hamshire-Fannett
The second Hamshire-Fannett player making an appearance here is Pierce Pirtle, and for good reason. He picked up 66 receiving yards and a touchdown.
This year, Pirtle has caught 7 touchdowns while averaging 57 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he had two receiving touchdowns.
Gamescore: 29.42
Bryson Made His Presence Known in Hamshire-Fannett's 35-14 Win
Another Hamshire-Fannett player making an appearance on this list is Ty Bryson. He threw for 202 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes.
On the season, Bryson has thrown 20 touchdowns while averaging 277.5 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.47
Other Notable Players
- Jevaris Marsh: 97 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 26.20)
- Maliki Adams: 1 interception (1TD) and 11 total tackles (Gamescore: 24.75)
- Brendan Miller: 16 total tackles (Gamescore: 18.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
