1A Carolina 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!
Carell Phillips Delivers Best Effort of Season
On Friday, North Duplin got the W thanks in part to Carell Phillips playing the best football he has all season. Phillips rushed for 252 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.5 yards per carry, and also caught a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an incredible 80 yards.
North Duplin and Union are set to duel on Friday. The Rebels got just the result they wanted when they last faced the Spartans, probably because Phillips had a solid game then too: he rushed for 59 yards and a touchdown. Can he match (or beat) that performance?
Gamescore: 66.48
Tobias Cromartie Turns in Season-Best Performance
Union came up short on Friday despite Tobias Cromartie delivering his best game to date. Cromartie rushed for 193 yards and three touchdowns. He showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 66 yards.
Union is on a 12-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-7. They and North Duplin are set to duel on Friday.
Gamescore: 45.17
Big Game from Collins As Rosewood Won 46-18
Talan Collins was instrumental in extending Rosewood's winning streak to three on Friday. Collins turned in nothing short of a gem, picking up 98 receiving yards and three touchdowns. He is becoming a predictor of Rosewood's success: when he posts at least two receiving touchdowns the team is undefeated (and 1-3 when he doesn't).
Rosewood's victory bumped their record up to 5-3. Collins and Rosewood will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on North Duplin at 7:00 p.m. on October 25th.
Gamescore: 38.63
A Season-Best Performance from Dontavius Smith Leads Lakewood over North Duplin
Lakewood came up short on Friday despite Dontavius Smith delivering his best game to date. Smith picked up 114 receiving yards and three touchdowns. He got the majority of those receiving yards when he pulled down a pass and took off for a gain of 73 yards.
Lakewood's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-3. Smith and Lakewood will be playing in front of their home fans against Hobbton at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 30.40
Bryson Hobbs Makes It Two for Rosewood
The second Rosewood player making an appearance here is Bryson Hobbs, and for good reason. He rushed for 70 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
For the year, Hobbs has run in 6 touchdowns while averaging 74.4 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 9.63 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 24.65
Other Notable Players
- Calvin Lacewell: 109 yards rushing; 35 yards receiving (Gamescore: 22.48)
- Hunter Sasser: (Gamescore: 21.37)
- Jaasir Myles: 67 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 19.28)
- Micah Bell: 10 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.25)
- Reed Ammons: 164 yards passing (Gamescore: 16.73)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
