AAAAA Region 7 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!
Tojuan Peyton Jr. Delivers Best Effort of Season
Tojuan Peyton Jr. produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Lanier to the win on Friday. Peyton Jr. rushed for 283 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.9 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an incredible 85 yards.
Peyton Jr. and Lanier will challenge Roswell at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The contest will pit Peyton Jr. up against the Hornets' star running back Synkwan Smith. Will the match be decided in the trenches? We'll have our answer very soon.
Gamescore: 72.28
Trey Smith Delivers Electric Performance Vs Chattahoochee
Trey Smith's big game helped extend Roswell's winning streak to four on Friday. Smith was dynamite, throwing for 286 yards and three touchdowns while completing 87.5% of his passes, and also rushing for 50 yards and two touchdowns.
Smith and Roswell are taking a road trip to face off against Lanier at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Smith will face off against Ben Vanden Bos, the Longhorns' star quarterback. With so much talent on the field, fans are surely in for an exciting game. The only thing left to see is who brings home the W.
Gamescore: 52.87
Milton Wins 18th-Straight Thanks to TJ Lester
TJ Lester's big game helped extend Milton's winning streak to 18 on Friday. Lester made a major impact, rushing for 143 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.5 yards per carry. He's now once again averaging 100+ rushing yards (102.6) per game. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last four times he's played.
Milton's victory was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-0. Lester and Milton will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Johns Creek at 7:30 p.m. on October 25th.
Gamescore: 33.00
Luke Nickel was instrumental in extending Milton's winning streak to 18 on Friday. Nickel did his part (and then some), throwing for 286 yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for 32 yards for the 'W'. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in December of 2023.
This year, Nickel has thrown 19 touchdowns while averaging 230.2 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 31.27
Nick Peal Makes It Two for Roswell
The second Roswell player making an appearance here is Nick Peal, and for good reason. He wasn't messing around on Friday, making two total tackles (1.0 for loss). The match was his third straight with two or more rushing touchdowns dating back to last season. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 58 yards.
If history really does repeat itself, Peal might just drop another big game when he faces off against Lanier on Friday. When Peal last faced the Longhorns back in November of 2023, he made seven total tackles (3.0 for loss) and defended two passes.
Gamescore: 29.63
Other Notable Players
- Dj Avery: 100 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 28.67)
- Ethan Barbour: 140 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 26.42)
- Hayden Tumminia: 0.5 sacks, 11 total tackles (1.5 for loss), and 1 forced fumble (Gamescore: 24.00)
- Brody Duffy: 1 sack and 12 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 22.50)
- Tristen Payne: 96 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 16.18)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
