5A-2 Region II District 8 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!
Reggie Williams Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Montgomery was led to victory by Reggie Williams, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Williams rushed for 201 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries, and also threw for 100 yards and two touchdowns. The performance once again pushed his average rushing yardage north of 100 yards per game (106.8). He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 88-yard run.
The victory for Montgomery keeps them at an undefeated 5-0. Williams and Montgomery will challenge Huntsville at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 70.27
Winning always takes teamwork, but on Friday Courtney Simmons stepped things up a notch to give West Fork the 'W'. Splendora had no answer to Simmons as he rushed for 148 yards on only eight carries.
On the year, Simmons has averaged 48.8 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.30
Keilan Carver Turns in Another Game with at Least Five Total Tackles
Keilan Carver continued his hot streak on Friday by dropping his 15th-straight game (dating back to last season) with at least five total tackles. He produced his best game of the campaign : he forced a fumble and made eight total tackles in addition to snagging two interceptions.
For the season, Carver has averaged 7 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 23.75
Dayton was sadly handed a loss on Friday, but Aaron Wright did his best to prevent it. Nobody could stop Wright as he picked up 45 receiving yards.
Dayton now has a losing record at 2-3. Wright and Dayton will look to defend their home field on Friday against Lake Creek at 7:00 p.m.
Gamescore: 23.28
Foster Came Up Big in Dayton's 41-17 Loss
Denim Foster put up the most rushing yards he's had since back in September of 2023 on Friday. He rushed for 125 yards and a touchdown.
This season, Foster has averaged 24.7 passing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 31 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 83.33 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 22.43
Other Notable Players
- Braxden Havard: 2 sacks and 7 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 21.75)
- Jaleel Kendrick: 97 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 21.57)
- Azrae Beechem: 2 interception and 5 total tackles (Gamescore: 19.00)
- Jayden Lemm: 1 sack and 9 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 18.50)
- Zach Hayden: 2 sacks and 9 total tackles (Gamescore: 17.75)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
