3A/4A All-American 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!
Latrell Carter Drops League-Best Effort on Friday
Starting off the list is Pine Forest's Latrell Carter, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Carter rushed for 134 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.4 yards per carry, and also picked up 65 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He showed off some serious burst, lighting up the secondary with a catch for 51 yards.
Pine Forest is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 4-3 record this season. Carter and Pine Forest will challenge Triton at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 51.07
Big Game from Whittington As Terry Sanford Won 42-0
Isaiah Whittington was instrumental in extending Terry Sanford's winning streak to four on Friday. Harnett Central had no answer to Whittington as he rushed for 104 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries, and also picked up 30 receiving yards.
For the season, Whittington has run in 3 touchdowns while averaging 38.3 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 30.28
Jaidon Moore Has Career-Day on Friday
Jaidon Moore posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He threw for 181 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 passes, and also rushed for 75 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries.
On the season, Moore has thrown 12 touchdowns while averaging 151.3 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 14.43 passer rating per game. This year he is averaging 101.63 passer rating.
Gamescore: 28.27
Logan Kelly Delivers Electric Effort Vs Westover
Overhills had to settle for second on Friday, but Logan Kelly sure wasn't going down easily. Despite the defeat, Kelly was still balling out as he picked up two sacks and made 13 total tackles (3.0 for loss). He has become a key player for Overhills: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least four total tackles, but 1-3 otherwise.
Overhills' loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-4. Kelly and Overhills will take on Harnett Central at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 28.25
O'brian Ward Rounds Out Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is O'Brian Ward of Triton. Ward rushed for 113 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
This season, Ward has run in 2 touchdowns while averaging 35.3 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 25.48
Other Notable Players
- Jaylen Gurley: 3 sacks and 7 total tackles (Gamescore: 22.50)
- Kamari Lofton: 2 sacks and 7 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 22.35)
- Devin Walker: 1 interception and 11 total tackles (Gamescore: 21.50)
- Jacob Moore: 141 yards passing; 44 yards rushing (Gamescore: 19.50)
- Mahkija Latiker: 2 sacks, 5 total tackles, and 1 forced fumble (Gamescore: 19.50)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
