1A Carolina 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!
Carell Phillips Delivers Best Performance of Season
North Duplin was led to victory by Carell Phillips, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Phillips rushed for 252 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.5 yards per carry, and also caught a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an incredible 80 yards.
The victory for North Duplin keeps them at an undefeated 6-0. They and Union are set to duel on Friday.
Gamescore: 66.48
A Season-Best Effort from Tobias Cromartie Leads Union over Rosewood
On Friday, Union had to settle for second even though Tobias Cromartie put up the best numbers he has all season. Cromartie rushed for 193 yards and three touchdowns. He showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 66 yards.
Union is on a 12-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-7. They and North Duplin are set to duel on Friday.
Gamescore: 45.17
Talan Collins' Big Game Leads Rosewood over Union
Rosewood picked up their third consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Talan Collins. Collins turned in nothing short of a gem, picking up 98 receiving yards and three touchdowns. He has become a key player for Rosewood: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two receiving touchdowns, but 1-3 otherwise.
Rosewood's win bumped their record up to 5-3. Collins and Rosewood will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against North Duplin at 7:00 p.m. on October 25th.
Gamescore: 38.63
Dontavius Smith Turns in Season-Best Performance
Lakewood came up short on Friday despite Dontavius Smith delivering his best game to date. Smith picked up 114 receiving yards and three touchdowns. He torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 73 yards.
Lakewood's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-3. Smith and Lakewood will host Hobbton at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 30.40
Bryson Hobbs Makes It Two for Rosewood
The second Rosewood player making an appearance here is Bryson Hobbs, and for good reason. He rushed for 70 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
For the year, Hobbs has run in 6 touchdowns while averaging 74.4 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 9.63 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 24.65
Other Notable Players
- Calvin Lacewell: 109 yards rushing; 35 yards receiving (Gamescore: 22.48)
- Hunter Sasser: (Gamescore: 21.37)
- Jaasir Myles: 67 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 19.28)
- Micah Bell: 10 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.25)
- Reed Ammons: 164 yards passing (Gamescore: 16.73)
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