AAA Region 4 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!
Reante Byrd Delivers Best Effort of Season
On Friday, Hephzibah had to settle for second even though Reante Byrd put up the best numbers he has all season. Byrd rushed for 204 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.3 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an incredible 78 yards.
Hephzibah is on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-6. Byrd and Hephzibah will venture away from home to challenge Academy of Richmond County at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 55.25
West Laurens found a leader in Ty Cummings as the team took down Hephzibah on Friday. Nobody could stop Cummings as he rushed for 181 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 75-yard run.
The win made it two in a row for West Laurens and bumps their season record up to 6-1. Cummings and West Laurens will have some time to savor their victory since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Westside at 6:00 p.m. on October 31st.
Gamescore: 44.28
Adkins Made His Presence Known in West Laurens' 56-28 Win
Keeping Cummings company is Shannon Adkins, a fellow West Laurens player. He rushed for 26 yards and three touchdowns.
For the season, Adkins has run in 7 touchdowns while averaging 22 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had four rushing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 29.85
Kendrell Crockett's Rushing Yards a New Career-High
Kendrell Crockett posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He made nine total tackles.
Crockett and Cross Creek will have a little extra prep time after the defeat as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Harlem at 7:30 p.m. on October 31st. Crockett's will try to catch a pass or two from Jj Gant the Rebels' star signal caller Will Gant have another big offensive game, or will Crockett keep him contained? We'll have our answer soon enough.
Gamescore: 28.30
Other Notable Players
- Jacolbie Allen: 71 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 24.97)
- Jim Franklin: 113 yards passing; 117 yards rushing (Gamescore: 24.93)
- Joshua ?Jc? Crawford: 1 interception and 11 total tackles (Gamescore: 23.28)
- Nasan Houston: 5 sacks and 7 total tackles (Gamescore: 23.00)
- Deon Wellons: 196 yards passing; 27 yards rushing (Gamescore: 21.37)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
