3A Mid-State 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!
Travis Covington Delivers Best Effort of Season
Southern Guilford was led to victory by Travis Covington, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Covington made nine total tackles (1.0 for loss) and defended three passes.
The victory snapped Southern Guilford's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 2-4 record. Covington and Southern Guilford will welcome Ben L. Smith at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 52.12
Creech Made His Presence Known in Eastern Guilford's 41-0 Victory
Caleb Creech's big game helped extend Eastern Guilford's winning streak to three on Friday. Creech turned in nothing short of a gem, rushing for 179 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries. Eastern Guilford is 2-1 when Creech posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise.
This year, Creech has run in 9 touchdowns while averaging 133.2 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 45.67 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 41.80
Alex Anderson Makes It Two for Southern Guilford
The second Southern Guilford player making an appearance here is Alex Anderson, and for good reason. He rushed for 45 yards.
On the year, Anderson has averaged 32.4 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 35.50
Atkins had to settle for second on Friday, but Kenneth Best sure wasn't going down easily. Best was unstoppable, picking up 78 receiving yards.
On the year, Best has averaged 41.3 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he was only averaging 6.5 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 34.38
Tristan Tucker Turns in Season-Best Effort
Northeast Guilford was led to victory by Tristan Tucker, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Tucker threw for 188 yards and four touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes.
The win got Northeast Guilford back to even at 3-3. Tucker and Northeast Guilford will be playing in front of their home fans against Dudley at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 31.33
Other Notable Players
- Jaquez Crawford: 185 yards passing (Gamescore: 31.13)
- Garrison Dibble: 2 sacks, 8 total tackles (3.0 for loss), and 1 forced fumble (Gamescore: 28.50)
- Tre Alexander: 121 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 27.80)
- Aaryn Tate: 153 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 27.53)
- Nasir Newkirk: 44 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 25.32)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
