A-II District 3 Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances in games played on Thursday and Friday (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Landen Griffith's Big Game Leads Talihina over Liberty
Talihina picked up their seventh consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Landen Griffith. Griffith was dynamite, rushing for 203 yards and four touchdowns, while also throwing for 232 yards and a touchdown while picking up 11.0 yards per attempt. Griffith is crushing it when it comes to rushing yards: he's rushed for at least 106 every time he's taken the field this season.
Talihina pushed their record up to 7-0 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. Griffith and Talihina will take on Wewoka at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 72.57
Big Game from Woods As Wewoka Fell 34-6
While Ladarius Woods delivered a dominant effort on Thursday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Wewoka. Woods was dynamite, rushing for 56 yards, while also throwing for 73 yards and a touchdown.
Wewoka's defeat was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-6. Woods and Wewoka will challenge Talihina at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 27.87
Jaylen Prestridge Delivers Electric Performance Vs Talihina
While Liberty might've come up empty on Friday, Jaylen Prestridge wasn't going down without a fight. Talihina had no answer to Prestridge as he rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
This year, Prestridge has run in 11 touchdowns while averaging 123 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 26.40
Jaxon Brown Makes It Two for Liberty
Keeping Prestridge company is Jaxon Brown, a fellow Liberty player. He picked up 59 receiving yards.
This year, Brown has averaged 29.1 receiving yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 8.29 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 24.86 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 24.12
Cameron Campbell Makes It Two for Wewoka
Another Wewoka player making an appearance on this list is Cameron Campbell. He made 11 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
For the year, Campbell has averaged 7 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 22.70
Other Notable Players
- Raben King: 82 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 19.72)
- Tomi Ludlow: 51 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 15.75)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
