4A Southeast Wake 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!
Apex Friendship Wins Seventh-Straight Thanks to Jaden Avery
Apex Friendship picked up their seventh consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Jaden Avery. Avery rushed for 228 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.0 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 66 yards.
Apex Friendship pushed their record up to 7-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Avery and Apex Friendship will head out on the road to take on Middle Creek at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 56.00
Shoenfeld Posts Huge Game in 26-13 Win
Hawke Shoenfeld's big game helped extend Middle Creek's winning streak to five on Friday. Shoenfeld was dynamite, throwing for 323 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes.
Apex had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Shoenfeld it was a similar story. When Shoenfeld last faced the Cougars back in October of 2023, he threw for 319 yards and five touchdowns.
Gamescore: 33.03
A Season-Best Effort from Crew Walker Leads Middle Creek over Apex
Middle Creek was led to victory by Crew Walker, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Walker wasn't messing around, picking up two sacks and making ten total tackles (4.0 for loss). The game was his eighth straight with five or more total tackles.
For the season, Walker has averaged 8.6 total tackles per game and for the season has 9 sacks.
Gamescore: 31.00
Another Game with at Least Seven Total Tackles from Cody Wicker
On Friday, Middle Creek got the W thanks in part to Cody Wicker playing the best football he has all season. Wicker wasn't messing around, picking up a sack and making 15 total tackles. The game was his sixth straight with seven or more total tackles.
On the year, Wicker has averaged 10.2 total tackles per game and for the season has those 1 sack.
Gamescore: 28.50
?Honcho? Williams Came Up Big in Holly Springs' 42-0 Win
Rounding off our Top Five is Kaleb ?Honcho? Williams of Holly Springs. ?Honcho? Williams threw for 225 yards and three touchdowns on only 16 passes. He is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last three games he's played.
The victory (which was Holly Springs' third in a row) raised their record to 4-4. ?Honcho? Williams and Holly Springs will face off against Apex at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 27.00
Other Notable Players
- Kyle Hulse: 301 yards passing (Gamescore: 25.47)
- Davis Prichard: 3 sacks and 5 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 24.75)
- Nicolas Bocciardi: 165 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 23.25)
- Tracy Harrington Jr: 95 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 21.83)
- Jay Hale: 89 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 21.02)
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