3A District 2 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!
Darien Dansby Delivers Best Effort of Season
Bristow was led to victory by Darien Dansby, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Dansby rushed for 224 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 10.2 yards per carry, and also picked up 96 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 64 yards.
Bristow now has a winning record of 3-2. Dansby's next match is against Mannford on Friday, where he'll look to repeat that solid effort.
Gamescore: 92.52
Wyatt Atkinson's Rushing Yards a New Career-High
Perkins-Tryon was led to victory by Wyatt Atkinson, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Atkinson rushed for 166 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an impressive 50 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Mannford had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Atkinson it was a similar story. Atkinson rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries the last time he and the Pirates duked it out back in November of 2023.
Gamescore: 58.63
Braiton Applegate Makes It Two for Perkins-Tryon
Keeping Atkinson company is Braiton Applegate, a fellow Perkins-Tryon player. He rushed for two yards.
On the season, Applegate has run in 2 touchdowns while averaging 11.8 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 40.97
Promised Johnson Turns in Season-Best Performance
On Friday, Bristow got the W thanks in part to Promised Johnson playing the best football he has all season. Johnson rushed for 45 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 57 yards and a touchdown while completing 80% of his passes. He didn't just play on offense: he also made eight total tackles and defended two passes.
This season, Johnson has thrown those 1 touchdown (and no picks) while averaging 31.4 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 32.15
Perkins-Tryon Gets a Boost from Gravitt in 42-7 Win
Beau Gravitt posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 51 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries, and also threw for 65 yards and a touchdown.
For the season, Gravitt has thrown 4 touchdowns while averaging 65.5 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after four games last season, he was only averaging 9.9 passer rating per game. This year he is averaging 111.85 passer rating.
Gamescore: 28.33
Other Notable Players
- Shaun Hill: 87 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 21.70)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
