7A Region 1 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!
Jailen Wheeler Delivers Electric Performance Vs Mary G. Montgomery
Starting off the list is Baker's Jailen Wheeler, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Wheeler rushed for 140 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.8 yards per carry, and also picked up 64 receiving yards and a touchdown. Those 140 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
On the year, Wheeler has run in 4 touchdowns while averaging 82.7 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after three games last season, he was only averaging 9.33 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 51.28
A Season-Best Effort from Mikkel Willoughby Leads Daphne over Fairhope
Daphne was led to victory by Mikkel Willoughby, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Willoughby rushed for 117 yards and two touchdowns, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
The win (which was Daphne's third in a row) raised their record to 6-3. Willoughby and Daphne will be playing at home against Robertsdale at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 30.48
Chris Andrews' Big Game Can't Quite Lead Davidson over Foley
While Davidson might've come up empty on Friday, Chris Andrews wasn't going down without a fight. Andrews was unstoppable, rushing for 151 yards on only 14 carries.
Davidson's defeat was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-6. They and Mary G. Montgomery are set to duel on Friday.
Gamescore: 24.60
Mason Henderson Rounds Out Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Mason Henderson of Fairhope. Henderson wasn't messing around on Friday, forcing a fumble, making 14 total tackles, and defending a pass. The matchup was his fourth straight with six or more total tackles. He is becoming a predictor of Fairhope's success: when he posts at least four total tackles the team is undefeated (and 2-4 when he doesn't).
On the season, Henderson has averaged 7.8 total tackles per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 1.44 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 23.50
Other Notable Players
- Shermar Elston: 108 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 23.30)
- Nelson Thompson: 226 yards passing (Gamescore: 22.37)
- Quinterirus Robinson: 1 sack and 16 total tackles (Gamescore: 22.00)
- Cooper Hermecz: 104 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 16.73)
- Kingston Butler: 101 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 16.43)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
