AAAAA 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!
Aaron (Aj) Brand Jr. Goes Supernova in Irmo Victory
Aaron (Aj) Brand Jr. was instrumental in extending Irmo's winning streak to seven on Friday. Brand Jr. turned in nothing short of a gem, rushing for 210 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.7 yards per carry, and also throwing for 120 yards while completing 75% of his passes. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
River Bluff had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Brand Jr. it was a similar story. Brand Jr. threw for 204 yards and four touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes, and also rushed for 52 yards and a touchdown the last time he and the Gators duked it out back in September of 2023.
Gamescore: 56.60
A Season-Best Effort from Tanner Short Leads Chapin over Lexington
Chapin came up short on Friday despite Tanner Short delivering his best game to date. Short picked up two sacks and made 14 total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Short is probably looking forward to his next game, a home matchup against River Bluff on Friday. Short picked up a sack and made 12 total tackles (5.0 for loss) the last time he and the Gators duked it out back in October of 2023.
Gamescore: 33.25
Dutch Fork Wins 14th-Straight Thanks to Maurice Anderson
Dutch Fork picked up their 14th consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Maurice Anderson. Anderson wasn't messing around, rushing for 81 yards and two touchdowns, while also picking up 68 receiving yards and a touchdown. The matchup was his third straight with two or more rushing touchdowns dating back to last season.
Dutch Fork's victory was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-0. Anderson and Dutch Fork will venture away from home to challenge Lexington at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 32.22
Chapin Gets a Boost from Martin in 33-32 Defeat
Cole Martin posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 134 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.1 yards per carry, and also picked up 59 receiving yards.
On the year, Martin has averaged 45.1 receiving yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 5.71 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 80.86 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 31.43
Ethan Offing was instrumental in extending Dutch Fork's winning streak to 14 on Friday. Offing was dynamite, rushing for 55 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 202 yards and a touchdown while completing 75% of his passes. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in November of 2023.
This year, Offing has thrown 11 touchdowns (and and only 2 picks) while averaging 212.8 passing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he had two passing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 25.87
Other Notable Players
- Amire White: 126 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.58)
- Brady Albro: 334 yards passing (Gamescore: 24.17)
- Gavin Stam: 16 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 22.80)
- Hayden Myers: 137 yards rushing (Gamescore: 18.07)
- Blaine Fender: 15 total tackles (Gamescore: 18.00)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
