1A Region 5 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!
Tristian Hill Earns League's Top Spot
Starting off the list is West Tallahatchie's Tristian Hill, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Hill rushed for 158 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 8.3 yards per carry, and also threw for 104 yards and a touchdown on only six passes. Thanks to that strong showing, he's now averaging 2.3 rushing touchdowns per game.
West Tallahatchie's win was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-1. Hill and West Tallahatchie will be playing at home against West Bolivar at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 71.33
Issac Day Makes It Two for West Tallahatchie
Another West Tallahatchie player making an appearance on this list is Issac Day. He rushed for 167 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 57 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
This year, Day has run in 8 touchdowns while averaging 134.9 rushing yards per game. That doesn't tell the whole story though: at this point last year, he was only averaging 2.14 receiving yards per game. This year he is averaging nine receiving yards.
Gamescore: 39.18
Big Game from Powell As South Delta Fell 40-14
While South Delta might've come up empty on Friday, Marvin Powell wasn't going down without a fight. West Tallahatchie had no answer to Powell as he rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries.
Unfortunately for West Tallahatchie, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Powell. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Powell saw the Choctaws), he rushed for 186 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.9 yards per carry, and also threw for 139 yards on only 12 passes.
Gamescore: 21.75
A Constellation of Stars for West Tallahatchie
Another West Tallahatchie player making an appearance on this list is Jamerrius Johnson. He picked up 33 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 31 yards.
This year, Johnson has caught those 1 touchdown while averaging 17.7 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 15.88
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