1A Tar Roanoke Top Football Player Performances

By Team Reports Oct 16, 2024, 1:49am

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1A Tar Roanoke 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!

Cameron Johnson Delivers Best Performance of Season

Southeast Halifax was led to victory by Cameron Johnson, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Johnson picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made 27 total tackles (5.0 for loss), good enough to also set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.

Johnson is probably looking forward to his next game, a road matchup against Northampton County on Thursday. When Johnson last faced the Jaguars back in September of 2023, he made 15 total tackles (1.0 for loss).

Gamescore: 69.25

Hayward Made His Presence Known in Southeast Halifax's 40-34 Win

Xavier Hayward posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made ten total tackles. He also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up a sack, forcing a fumble, and making ten total tackles.

Hayward is probably looking forward to his next game, a road matchup against Northampton County on Thursday. When Hayward last faced the Jaguars back in September of 2023, he made 16 total tackles.

Gamescore: 53.20

Big Game from Usher As Wilson Prep Won 44-22

Travon Usher put up the most rushing yards he's had since back in November of 2023 on Friday. He threw for 257 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.9 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 106 yards on only 12 carries.

Wilson Prep pushed their record up to 6-1 with the victory, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season. Usher and Wilson Prep will take on Warren County at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.

Gamescore: 48.03

Michael Dickens Turns in Season-Best Performance

North Edgecombe came up short on Friday despite Michael Dickens delivering his best game to date. Dickens picked up a sack and made ten total tackles (3.0 for loss), good enough to also set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He didn't just play on offense: he also picked up a sack and made ten total tackles (3.0 for loss).

Southeast Halifax had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Dickens it was a similar story. When Dickens last faced the Trojans back in October of 2023, he picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made ten total tackles.

Gamescore: 46.03

Ethan Nelson Makes It Two for Wilson Prep

The second Wilson Prep player making an appearance here is Ethan Nelson, and for good reason. He picked up 60 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 75 yards on only five carries.

This season, Nelson has averaged 13.6 passing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 2.86 passing yards per game.

Gamescore: 33.40

Other Notable Players

  1. Xavier Williams: 189 yards rushing (Gamescore: 33.00)
  2. Arthur Joseph: 2 interception and 6 total tackles (Gamescore: 30.05)
  3. Andrew Webb: 91 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 27.70)
  4. Tremaine Horton: 11 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 22.50)
  5. Kemoni Henry: 11 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 18.50)

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