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 Turns in Season-Best Performance
Travis Covington produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Southern Guilford to the win 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
Big Game from Creech As Eastern Guilford Won 41-0
Caleb Creech's big game helped extend Eastern Guilford's winning streak to three on Friday. Creech was unstoppable, rushing for 179 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries. He has become a key player for Eastern Guilford: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise.
For the year, Creech has run in 9 touchdowns while averaging 133.2 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he was only averaging 45.67 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 41.80
Alex Anderson Makes It Two for Southern Guilford
Another Southern Guilford player making an appearance on this list is Alex Anderson. He rushed for 45 yards.
On the season, 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 dynamite, picking up 78 receiving yards.
For the season, 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 Delivers Best Effort of Season
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 victory got Northeast Guilford back to even at 3-3. Tucker and Northeast Guilford will host 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
