1A 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!
Turner Bucher Delivers Best Effort of Season
Sadly, Turner Bucher posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Gordonsville over Bledsoe County on Friday. Bucher rushed for 133 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He has become a key player for Gordonsville: the team is 5-1 when he posts at least 80 rushing yards, but 1-2 otherwise.
This season, Bucher has run in 4 touchdowns while averaging 35.9 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after nine games last season, he was only averaging 0.22 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 32.30
Hancock Posts Huge Game in 45-35 Defeat
Another Gordonsville player making an appearance on this list is Dalton Hancock. He picked up 102 receiving yards and a touchdown.
On the year, Hancock has caught 4 touchdowns while averaging 74.2 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 30.28
Worm Smith Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Worm Smith posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He made eight total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Clay County pushed their record up to 7-2 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. Smith and Clay County have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome Gordonsville at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 28.40
Cotton Made His Presence Known in Jo Byrns' 53-35 Defeat
Jo Byrns had to settle for second on Friday, but Amari Cotton sure wasn't going down easily. Despite the defeat, Cotton was still balling out as he threw for 97 yards and two touchdowns on only nine passes, and also caught a touchdown.
Jo Byrns is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-7. Cotton and Jo Byrns will head out on the road to square off against Red Boiling Springs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 27.42
Other Notable Players
- J Foster: 213 yards passing (Gamescore: 26.50)
- Nate Adams: 237 yards passing (Gamescore: 21.10)
- Camrix Stott: 64 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 18.90)
- Jon Michael Wix: 94 yards receiving; 32 yards rushing (Gamescore: 15.65)
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