1A 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!
Carell Phillips Delivers Best Effort of Season
North Duplin was led to victory by Carell Phillips, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Phillips rushed for 252 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.5 yards per carry, and also caught a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an incredible 80 yards.
North Duplin and Union are set to duel on Friday. The last time Phillips took on the Spartans, he rushed for 59 yards and a touchdown. Can he match (or beat) that performance?
Gamescore: 66.48
A Season-Best Performance from Tobias Cromartie Leads Union over Rosewood
Union came up short on Friday despite Tobias Cromartie delivering his best game to date. Cromartie rushed for 193 yards and three touchdowns. He was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 66 yards.
Union is on a 12-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-7. They and North Duplin are set to duel on Friday.
Gamescore: 45.17
Rosewood Gets a Boost from Collins in 46-18 Victory
Rosewood picked up their third consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Talan Collins. Union had no answer to Collins as he picked up 98 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Collins has become a key player for Rosewood: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two receiving touchdowns, but 1-3 otherwise.
Rosewood's victory bumped their record up to 5-3. Collins and Rosewood will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against North Duplin at 7:00 p.m. on October 25th.
Gamescore: 38.63
Dontavius Smith Turns in Season-Best Effort
Lakewood came up short on Friday despite Dontavius Smith delivering his best game to date. Smith picked up 114 receiving yards and three touchdowns. He torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 73 yards.
Lakewood's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-3. Smith and Lakewood will be playing at home against Hobbton at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 30.40
Bryson Hobbs Makes It Two for Rosewood
Another Rosewood player making an appearance on this list is Bryson Hobbs. He rushed for 70 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
This year, Hobbs has run in 6 touchdowns while averaging 74.4 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 9.63 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 24.65
Other Notable Players
- Calvin Lacewell: 109 yards rushing; 35 yards receiving (Gamescore: 22.48)
- Hunter Sasser: (Gamescore: 21.37)
- Jaasir Myles: 67 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 19.28)
- Micah Bell: 10 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.25)
- Reed Ammons: 164 yards passing (Gamescore: 16.73)
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