3A South Piedmont 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!
Jarlon Drye's Big Game Leads Northwest Cabarrus over Carson
Jarlon Drye's big game helped extend Northwest Cabarrus's winning streak to six on Friday. Drye was dynamite, rushing for 167 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his seventh straight game with at least 100 rushing yards dating back to last season.
This season, Drye has run in 15 touchdowns while averaging 171.9 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 18.86 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 41.48
Northwest Cabarrus Wins Sixth-Straight Thanks to Jackson Forrest
Jackson Forrest's big game helped extend Northwest Cabarrus's winning streak to six on Friday. Forrest did his part (and then some), picking up a sack, forcing a fumble, and making 15 total tackles (2.0 for loss) for the 'W'.
Forrest is probably looking forward to his next game, a home matchup against Concord on Friday. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Forrest saw the Spiders), he picked up two sacks, forced a fumble, and made 12 total tackles (7.0 for loss).
Gamescore: 27.75
East Rowan had to settle for second on Friday, but PJ Butler sure wasn't going down easily. Butler was dynamite, picking up 80 receiving yards and a touchdown. He also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, defending two passes and snagged an interception.
East Rowan is on a 17-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-7. Butler will try to repeat (or improve) on that dominant effort when he faces off against Carson on Friday.
Gamescore: 22.33
Big Game from Irwin As Northwest Cabarrus Won 42-7
Northwest Cabarrus picked up their sixth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Hudson Irwin. Carson had no answer to Irwin as he threw for 129 yards and three touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes.
This year, Irwin has thrown 10 touchdowns while averaging 122.6 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 22.30
Other Notable Players
- Brian Rowe: 90 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 21.33)
- Jon Bissonnette: 85 yards passing; 40 yards rushing (Gamescore: 21.07)
- Jason Black: 87 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 21.03)
- Bryan Velasquez: 1 sack and 8 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 20.00)
- Brooks Overcash: 155 yards passing; 29 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 18.03)
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