3A/4A Sandhills 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!
Kmauri Morgan Delivers Best Effort of Season
Kmauri Morgan produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Richmond to the win on Friday. Morgan wasn't messing around, picking up four sacks and making 17 total tackles (5.0 for loss). The contest was his ninth straight with five or more total tackles.
The win was the sixth in a row for Richmond, bringing their record for this year to 7-2. Morgan and Richmond will have some time to savor their victory since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Scotland at 7:30 p.m. on November 1st.
Gamescore: 45.50
Richmond Wins Sixth-Straight Thanks to Dominic Tillman
Richmond picked up their sixth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Dominic Tillman. Tillman was dynamite, throwing for 325 yards and five touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes.
This season, Tillman has thrown 9 touchdowns while averaging 90.4 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 43.27
Tate Simpson Turns in Season-Best Performance
On Friday, Richmond got the W thanks in part to Tate Simpson playing the best football he has all season. Simpson picked up two sacks, forced a fumble, and made eight total tackles (3.0 for loss).
On the year, Simpson has averaged 3.3 total tackles per game and for the season has 3 sacks. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had one sack.
Gamescore: 28.50
Jayden Hill Goes Supernova in Lee County Loss
While Lee County might've come up empty on Friday, Jayden Hill wasn't going down without a fight. Hill was dynamite, picking up 110 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Lee County dropped their record down to 4-4 with the loss, which was their third straight at home. Hill and Lee County will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Southern Lee at 7:30 p.m. on November 1st.
Gamescore: 28.00
Hayne Tobias Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Union Pines was led to victory by Hayne Tobias, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Tobias picked up 94 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 32 yards and a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
Hoke County had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Tobias it was a similar story. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Tobias saw the Bucks), he picked up 103 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Gamescore: 27.82
Other Notable Players
- Chris Najm: 63 yards rushing, 3 TDs (Gamescore: 26.20)
- Zymire Spencer: 138 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 24.48)
- Dajuan Gibson: 110 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 24.00)
- Eli Melton: 107 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 23.03)
- Elijah Clayton: 2 sacks and 7 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 23.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
