MaxPreps/JJHuddle Ohio Football Honor Roll: Weekly award nominees and winners

Video: Daniel Bangura highlights
Watch one of this week's nominees, Harvest Prep's Daniel Bangura, in action from earlier this season.

You vote, you decide...who had Ohio's best individual performance this past week? Who had the best team performance?

MaxPreps and JJHuddle are proud to announce that they will sponsor an athlete of the week and team of the week award in football during the 2016-2017 school year.

Each week during the season (regular and post), there will be a fan-generated contest to tab weekly winners. Each weekly winner will receive awards: a banner, bracelets and certificates.

How does it work?

Fans will nominate top performances (email efrantz@maxpreps.com) and nominees will also be selected from those schools that report stats on MaxPreps. We will announce the weekly finalists (up to 10) on MaxPreps and JJHuddle every Tuesday and voting will be conducted in a special poll. Voting will cease at noon on Monday. The winners will be announced the next day along with the next week's nominees.

Vote as many times as you want. It's a competition. You can vote below.

Last week over 30,000 votes were cast.

Week 11 Football Athlete of the Week

* Justin Franklin, Johnstown-Monroe (FINAL VOTING RESULTS)
Running back carried the ball 17 times for 275 yards and four touchdowns in a 44-17 D-IV regional quarterfinal in over Cambridge.

Week 11 Football Team of the Week

* Garfield (Garrettsville) (FINAL VOTING RESULTS)
The G-Men recorded the program's first playoff win with a 31-21 win over South Range in the D-IV regional quarterfinals.

Week 12 Football Athlete of the Week nominees

* Daniel Bangura, Harvest Prep (Canal Winchester)
Carried the ball 44 times for an OHSAA-playoff record 451 yards and four touchdowns in a 44-21 win over Danville in the D-VII regional semifinals. Oh yeah, also set the Ohio single-season rushing record (3,789 yards) in the game.

* Lynn Bowden, Harding (Warren)
Senior quarterback ran for 370 yards and six touchdowns on 24 carries and threw for 106 yards and a touchdown in a 49-31 D-II regional semifinal win over Chardon.

* Kolston Brewster, Perry
Quarterback completed 27-of-46 passes for 557 yards and six touchdowns as the Pirates outlasted Woodridge 42-41 in overtime in a D-III regional semifinal featuring a pair of unbeatens.

* Morgan Ellison, Pickerington Central
Running back carried the ball 22 times for 289 yards and four touchdowns in a 38-24 win over Pickerington North in a D-I regional semifinal.

* Spencer Linville, Olmsted Falls
Carried the ball 41 times for 245 yards and five touchdowns in a 49-21 win over Westlake.

* Sam Stoll, Edison (Milan)
Senior running back scored four touchdowns in a 28-7 win over Eastwood in a D-V regional semifinal. Carried the ball 20 times for 100 yards. Made five tackles on defense.

* Mitch Okuley and Brendon White, Olentangy Liberty (Powell)
Duo each accounted for five touchdowns in a 45-27 win over Medina in the D-I regional semifinals. Okuley threw five touchdown passes, four of which went to White. White also ran for a touchdown (and 125 yards). 

* Malachi Strickland, Perry (Massillon)
Carried the ball 26 times for 246 yards and three touchdowns in a 66-28 D-II regional semifinal win over Franklin Heights.

* Alonzo Booth, St. Francis de Sales (Columbus)
Carried the ball 31 times for 225 yards and four touchdowns in a 38-12 D-III regional semifinal win over Beechcroft.

 

Week 12 Football Team of the Week nominees

* St. Xavier (Cincinnati)
The Bombers rallied from a 23-7 third quarter deficit and outlasted undefeated Colerain, ranked No. 13 in the MaxPreps Xcellent 25 national rankings, 29-23 in OT in the D-I regional semifinals.

* Sycamore (Cincinnati)
The Aves advanced to the program’s first regional final with a 20-7 win over Mason in the D-I regional semifinals.

* Ayersville (Defiance)
The Pilots beat Wynford 30-6 in a D-VI regional semifinal to remain unbeaten. Have outscored their first two playoff opponents 79-6. 

* Memorial (St. Marys)
The Roughriders scored on all nine of their possessions and ran for 451 yards in a 55-31 win over previously unbeaten Franklin in the D-III regional semifinals. St. Marys threw one pass (and completed it for 15 yards). The Roughriders had three 100-plus rushers – Eric Spicer (15 carries, 173 yards), Julius Fisher (22 carries, 124 yards) and Sean Perry (11 carries, 100 yards).

* Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin (Chardon)
The Lions advanced to the program’s first regional final by beating Youngstown Mooney 17-12 in a D-IV regional semifinal.

* Shelby
The Whippets advanced to the program’s first regional final since 1998 with a 40-12 win over Philo in a D-IV regional semifinal.

* Hamilton Township (Columbus)
The Rangers tied the program record for wins in a season (10) and advanced to the program’s first regional final with a 26-20 win over Bexley in D-III.

* New Albany
After a 1-3 start to the season, the Eagles ran their win streak to eight a reached their third regional final since 2012 with a 31-7 win over Dublin Scioto in a D-II regional semifinal.

* John F. Kennedy Catholic (Warren)
The Eagles avenged last year’s regional final loss to Mogadore by beating the Wildcats 16-3 in a D-VII regional semifinal. JFK limited Mogadore to 128 total yards (46 on one play), four first downs and nine plays in JFK territory.

* Anthony Wayne (Whitehouse)
The Generals won the program’s first second round playoff game with a 14-6 victory over Avon Lake in a D-II regional semifinal. Anthony Wayne forced five turnovers and had two goal-line stands.