7A Region 3 Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances in games played on Thursday and Friday (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Kimbrough Made His Presence Known in Hillcrest's 53-28 Victory
Starting off the list is Hillcrest's Bryson Kimbrough, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Kimbrough threw for 204 yards and four touchdowns on only 14 passes, and also rushed for 47 yards.
This season, Kimbrough has thrown 12 touchdowns while averaging 157.8 passing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 20 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 39.20
Delvecchio L. Alston II Turns in Season-Best Performance
Hewitt-Trussville was led to victory by Delvecchio L. Alston II, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Alston II rushed for 110 yards and three touchdowns on only seven carries. The performance marked the most rushing yards he has had since back in October of 2023. He showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 52 yards.
For the season, Alston II has averaged 11.8 receiving yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after nine games last season, he was only averaging 31 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 66.22 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 39.18
Christopher ?Cj? Davis' Rushing Yards a New Career-High
Hewitt-Trussville was led to victory by Christopher ?Cj? Davis, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. ?Cj? Davis rushed for 73 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
For the year, ?Cj? Davis has averaged 20.9 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 30.08
Another Game with at Least Eight Total Tackles from Trenton Cheatom
Thompson came up short on Friday despite Trenton Cheatom delivering his best game to date. Cheatom wasn't messing around, picking up a sack and making 13 total tackles (3.0 for loss). The matchup was his fifth straight with eight or more total tackles dating back to last season.
For the year, Cheatom has averaged 9.6 total tackles per game and for the season has 2 sacks. He is looking even better than he did last year: after nine games last season, he had one sack.
Gamescore: 28.00
Harris Came Up Big in Hillcrest's 53-28 Victory
Jacobi Harris posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Thursday. He rushed for 130 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries.
For the year, Harris has run in 6 touchdowns while averaging 79.2 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.98
Other Notable Players
- Noah Dobbins: 139 yards passing; 59 yards rushing (Gamescore: 23.37)
- Jordan Chambers-Smith: 105 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 22.83)
- Kahden Smith: (Gamescore: 21.25)
- Michael Dujon: 89 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 20.47)
- Vini Pires: 13 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 20.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
