6A Region 4 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!
Jordan Stapleton Delivers Best Performance of Season
On Friday, West Harrison had to settle for second even though Jordan Stapleton put up the best numbers he has all season. Stapleton rushed for 242 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.0 yards per carry. The effort marked the most rushing yards he has had since back in August of 2023. His rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 129 rushing yards.
On the season, Stapleton has averaged 42.7 receiving yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 52 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 165.29 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 58.68
Kaison Koenenn Has Career Rushing Day
Hancock came up short on Friday despite Kaison Koenenn delivering his best game to date. Koenenn rushed for 202 yards and four touchdowns, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
Hancock's loss was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-6. Koenenn and Hancock will challenge Pascagoula at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 55.40
Trey Harris Crosses Big Stat Threshold
West Harrison came up short on Friday despite Trey Harris delivering his best game to date. Harris rushed for 227 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.8 yards per carry. He's now once again averaging 100+ rushing yards (103) per game. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
On the year, Harris has run in 13 touchdowns while averaging 103 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 55.00
Julyan Santee Turns in Season-Best Effort
Hancock came up short on Friday despite Julyan Santee delivering his best game to date. Santee picked up a sack and made six total tackles (2.0 for loss).
On the year, Santee has averaged 3.4 total tackles per game and for the season has 2 sacks. It gets even more impressive: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 0.88 receiving yards per game. This year he is averaging 22.88 receiving yards.
Gamescore: 30.05
Deuce Knight Goes Supernova in George County Win
Rounding off our Top Five is Deuce Knight of George County. Knight threw for 329 yards and three touchdowns on only 16 passes.
Knight might have his next game, a home matchup with West Harrison, circled on his calendar. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Knight saw the Hurricanes), he threw for 323 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 13.5 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 48 yards and two touchdowns.
Gamescore: 29.33
Other Notable Players
- Kohl Bradley: 21 total tackles (Gamescore: 29.25)
- Montrell Dortch: 32 yards rushing, 1 TD ; 85 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 29.00)
- BRANDEN GAUTIER: 183 yards rushing (Gamescore: 28.20)
- Jazear Carter: 13 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 25.50)
- CAISON Little: 1 sack and 12 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 24.25)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
