1A Smoky Mountain 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!
A Season-Best Effort from Tre Graves Leads Hayesville over Union Academy
Tre Graves produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Hayesville to the win on Friday. Graves rushed for 283 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 10.5 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
The win made it two in a row for Hayesville and bumps their season record up to 4-7. Their road trip will continue as they head out to face Mountain Heritage at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 81.58
Brandon Santiago Goes Supernova in Cherokee Win
Winning always takes teamwork, but on Friday Brandon Santiago stepped things up a notch to give Cherokee the 'W'. Santiago was dynamite, rushing for 105 yards and two touchdowns.
Cherokee's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-4. Santiago and Cherokee will head out to take on Eastern Randolph at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 24.60
Luke Smith Makes It Two for Cherokee
Keeping Santiago company is Luke Smith, a fellow Cherokee player. He picked up 117 receiving yards and a touchdown. He really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 80 yards.
Gamescore: 19.72
Jonathan Saylor Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Jonathan Saylor posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He threw for 164 yards and a touchdown while completing 71.4% of his passes, and also rushed for 56 yards.
This year, Saylor has thrown 9 touchdowns while averaging 118.8 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 15.73
Tate Roberts Makes It Two for Hayesville
The second Hayesville player making an appearance here is Tate Roberts, and for good reason. He rushed for 41 yards.
This season, Roberts has thrown 1 touchdown while averaging 27.1 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after 11 games last season, he was only averaging 6.55 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 17.45 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 14.75
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