1A/2A Coastal Plains 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!
Tariq Barber Has Career Rushing Day
Starting off the list is Pamlico County's Tariq Barber, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. On Friday Barber rushed for 165 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.7 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an incredible 82 yards.
This year, Barber has run in 5 touchdowns while averaging 103.5 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had one rushing touchdown.
Gamescore: 50.45
Sincere Columbus Delivers Best Performance of Season
Sincere Columbus produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Northside - Pinetown to the win on Friday. Columbus' rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 139 rushing yards dating back to last season. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 79-yard run.
The win (which was Northside - Pinetown's fourth in a row) raised their record to 5-2. Columbus and Northside - Pinetown will venture away from home to take on East Carteret at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 43.55
Connor Shea Goes Supernova in Lejeune Loss
While Connor Shea delivered a dominant performance on Friday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Lejeune. Shea turned in nothing short of a gem, throwing for 312 yards and four touchdowns.
East Carteret had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Shea it was a similar story. Shea threw for 497 yards and five touchdowns, and also punched in a rushing score the last time he and the Mariners duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 34.20
Eric Brantley Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Eric Brantley posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 56 yards and a touchdown.
For the year, Brantley has run in those 1 touchdown while averaging 15.2 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 33.25
A Season-Best Effort from Roman Wells Leads Lejeune over East Carteret
Lejeune came up short on Friday despite Roman Wells delivering his best game to date. Wells made ten total tackles (3.0 for loss).
For the season, Wells has averaged 5.5 total tackles per game and for the season has 0 sacks.
Gamescore: 30.30
Other Notable Players
- Andrew Finnerty: 137 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 26.28)
- Malachi Moore: 100 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 20.33)
- Johnson Sheaffer: 1 sack, 8 total tackles, and 1 forced fumble (Gamescore: 17.75)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
