3A/4A Big 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!
Demon June Turns in Season-Best Performance
Jacksonville was led to victory by Demon June, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. June rushed for 407 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 17.7 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 71-yard run.
D.H. Conley had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw June it was a similar story. When June last faced the Vikings back in October of 2023, he rushed for 138 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
Gamescore: 108.20
Jaylen Hewitt Delivers Best Performance of Season
Havelock was led to victory by Jaylen Hewitt, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Hewitt threw for 397 yards and six touchdowns while completing 86.4% of his passes.
The victory was the fourth in a row for Havelock, bringing their record for this year to 7-1. Hewitt and Havelock will be playing in front of their home fans against Northside - Jacksonville at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 54.27
Crisean Williams Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Sadly, Crisean Williams posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead D.H. Conley over Jacksonville on Friday. Williams rushed for 202 yards and four touchdowns, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He is becoming a predictor of D.H. Conley's success: when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns the team is 3-1 (and 1-3 when he doesn't).
This season, Williams has run in 12 touchdowns while averaging 92.6 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 8.25 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 52.80
Jacksonville was led to victory by Eric Griffin, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Griffin rushed for 168 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an impressive 51 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
This season, Griffin has run in 9 touchdowns while averaging 93.2 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 19.33 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 40.00
Christopher Bispham's Big Game Leads Havelock over South Central
Another Havelock player making an appearance on this list is Christopher Bispham. He picked up three sacks and made eight total tackles (4.0 for loss). He has been hot recently, having posted five or more total tackles the last six times he's played.
For the season, Bispham has averaged 7.6 total tackles per game and for the season has 8 sacks.
Gamescore: 31.25
Other Notable Players
- Jalen Morgan: 118 yards receiving, 3 TDs (Gamescore: 30.30)
- Amare Dorsey: 124 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 28.20)
- Jayden Howard: 2 TDs ; 58 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 27.38)
- Terrance Mccormick: 267 yards passing; 48 yards rushing (Gamescore: 22.70)
- Ivion Smith: 1 TD ; 93 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 21.72)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
