MaxPreps/JJHuddle Ohio Football Honor Roll: Weekly award nominees and winners

Video: Demetrius Brown's highlights vs. Walnut Ridge
Watch as the West QB racks up 595 yards and seven touchdowns.

You vote, you decide...who had Ohio's best individual performance this past week? Who had the best team performance?

MaxPreps and JJHuddle are proud to announce that they will sponsor an athlete of the week and team of the week award in football during the 2016-2017 school year.

Each week during the season (regular and post), there will be a fan-generated contest to tab weekly winners. Each weekly winner will receive awards: a banner, bracelets and certificates.

How does it work?

Fans will nominate top performances (email efrantz@maxpreps.com) and nominees will also be selected from those schools that report stats on MaxPreps. We will announce the weekly finalists (up to 10) on MaxPreps and JJHuddle every Tuesday and voting will be conducted in a special poll. Voting will cease at noon on Monday. The winners will be announced the next day along with the next week's nominees.

Vote as many times as you want. It's a competition. You can vote below.

Last week over 40,000 votes were cast.

Week 4 Football Athlete of the Week

* Jimmy Strunk, Goshen (FINAL VOTING RESULTS)
Junior running back ran for 284 yards and four touchdowns in a 37-16 win over Blanchester.

Week 4 Football Team of the Week

* Wooster (FINAL VOTING RESULTS) 
The Generals beat Mansfield Madison 38-0 to improve to 4-0 for the first time since 1986. Wooster has outscored their opponents 170-29 on the season.

Week 5 Football Athlete of the Week nominees

* AJ Reed, Vanlue
Senior running back carried the ball a state record 59 times as the Wildcats snapped a 51-game BVC losing streak with a 30-26 win over Arcadia. Reed, who carried the ball 24 times in the fourth quarter, ran for 296 yards and three touchdowns. His last score was the game-winner with 18 seconds left. It came from 1-yard out. According to the NFHS record book, that is an Ohio record. It’s the fourth highest mark in a game nationally since 1986.

* Demetrius Brown, West (Columbus)
Quarterback accounted for 595 yards and seven touchdowns in a 53-44 win over Walnut Ridge. Carried the ball 37 times for 392 yards and five touchdowns and completed 5-of-6 passes for 203 yards and two touchdowns.
 
* Jeremiah Knight, Jefferson Area (Jefferson)
Senior and University of Dayton commit became Ashtabula County’s all-time leading rusher when he ran for 379 yards and five touchdowns in a 50-40 win over Girard.

* Aj Gucciardo, Springfield (Holland)
Quarterback completed 14-of-18 for 376 yards and seven touchdown passes in a 57-8 win over Sylvania Southview.

* Brandon Easterling, Fairborn
Senior receiver/defensive back set school records for receptions (15) and tackles (28) in a game in a 45-44 loss to Tippecanoe. Caught 15 passes for 181 yards and two touchdowns. Had 21 solo tackles, seven assists and a forced fumble. 

* Ryan Montgomery, Franklin
Junior quarterback/running back accounted for 361 total yards, ran for 262 yards and four touchdowns and threw for a touchdown as the Wildcats beat Valley View 41-8 in a meeting of unbeatens. Montgomery’s touchdown runs covered 88, 54, 15 and four yards.

* Marcellus Hunt, Woodward (Toledo)
Carried the ball 26 times for 306 yards and four touchdowns in a 38-22 win over Kansas Lakota.

* Michael Warren, Central Catholic (Toledo)
Senior running back ran for 280 yards and five touchdowns in a 49-28 win over Whitmer.

* Alonzo Booth, St. Francis de Sales (Columbus)
Running back ran for 320 yards and five touchdowns in a 49-17 win over Covington (Ky.) Catholic.

* Trent Hites, Kenton
Senior quarterback completed 28-of-44 passes for 392 yards and four touchdowns in a 48-12 win over Van Wert. Also ran for 84 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries.


 

Week 5 Football Team of the Week nominees

* Sandusky
The Blue Streaks beat fellow NOL heavyweight Shelby 42-21 in a match-up of unbeaten and state-ranked teams. The win improved Sandusky to 5-0 for the first time since 1990. Junior quarterback Ja’Vez Alexander threw for three touchdowns and ran for two more.

* Vanlue
Led by a heroic effort from running back A.J. Reed (59 carries), the Wildcats snapped a 51-game BVC losing streak with a 30-26 win over Arcadia.

* Southern (Racine)
The Tornadoes beat Belpre 34-18 to become the third team in program history to start a season 5-0. Tight end Crenson Rogers had three catches for 145 yards and three touchdowns.

* Jackson (Massillon)
The Polar Bears remained undefeated with a big 23-13 Federal League win over previously unbeaten Uniontown Lake 23-13.

* Upper Arlington (Columbus)
The Golden Bears improved to 5-0 for the first time since 2006 by beating previously unbeaten Pickerington Central 35-29 in overtime.

* Clyde
The Fliers dominated host Perkins and notched the first shutout for a visiting team at Perkins in 11 years (span of 58 games). The Pirates last home shut out loss was the 2005 season opener against Midview. Clyde held Perkins to two first downs.

* Lebanon
The Warriors stopped Springfield on a  2-point conversion with 17 seconds left to beat the Wildcats 28-27. Lebanon is off to its first 4-1 start since 2012.

* Oak Hill
The Oaks rallied from a 21-0 first quarter deficit to beat Portsmouth Notre Dame 32-24. Oak Hill trailed 21-8 after three quarters before outscoring the visitors 24-3 in the fourth. The winning touchdown came on a 21-yard pass from Caleb Johnson to Wes Mullett with 10 seconds left.

* Ashland
The visiting Arrows beat rival and previously unbeaten Wooster 43-36 in triple overtime. Junior quarterback Keagan Armitage threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more as the Arrows halted the Generals best start in 30 years.