7A Region 1 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!
Jailen Wheeler Delivers Electric Performance Vs Mary G. Montgomery
Starting off the list is Baker's Jailen Wheeler, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Wheeler rushed for 140 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.8 yards per carry, and also picked up 64 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Wheeler and Baker will venture away from home to square off against Fairhope at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Wheeler will face off against Desmond Thomas, the Pirates' star RB. 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: 51.28
A Season-Best Performance from Mikkel Willoughby Leads Daphne over Fairhope
Daphne was led to victory by Mikkel Willoughby, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Willoughby rushed for 117 yards and two touchdowns, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
The victory (which was Daphne's third in a row) raised their record to 6-3. Willoughby and Daphne will face off against Robertsdale at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 30.48
Chris Andrews Dazzles in Davidson Loss
Davidson was sadly handed a defeat on Friday, but Chris Andrews did his best to prevent it. Foley had no answer to Andrews as he rushed for 151 yards on only 14 carries.
Davidson dropped their record down to 2-6 with the loss, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. They and Mary G. Montgomery are set to duel on Friday.
Gamescore: 24.60
Mason Henderson Makes Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Mason Henderson of Fairhope. Henderson wasn't messing around on Friday, forcing a fumble, making 14 total tackles, and defending a pass. The game was his fourth straight with six or more total tackles dating back to last season. Fairhope is undefeated when Henderson posts four or more total tackles, but 2-4 otherwise.
On the season, Henderson has averaged 7.8 total tackles per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after nine games last season, he was only averaging 1.44 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 23.50
Other Notable Players
- Shermar Elston: 108 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 23.30)
- Nelson Thompson: 226 yards passing (Gamescore: 22.37)
- Quinterirus Robinson: 1 sack and 16 total tackles (Gamescore: 22.00)
- Cooper Hermecz: 104 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 16.73)
- Kingston Butler: 101 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 16.43)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
