6A Region 4 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!
Jordan Stapleton Delivers Best Effort of Season
West Harrison came up short on Friday despite Jordan Stapleton delivering his best game to date. Stapleton rushed for 242 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.0 yards per carry. The performance marked the most rushing yards he has had since back in August of 2023. His rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 129 rushing yards.
This year, Stapleton has averaged 42.7 receiving yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 52 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 165.29 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 58.68
Kaison Koenenn Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Hancock came up short on Friday despite Kaison Koenenn delivering his best game to date. Koenenn rushed for 202 yards and four touchdowns, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
Hancock's loss was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-6. Koenenn and Hancock will take on Pascagoula at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 55.40
Trey Harris Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Sadly, Trey Harris posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead West Harrison over Picayune on Friday. Harris rushed for 227 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.8 yards per carry. He's now once again averaging 100+ rushing yards (103) per game. Those 227 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
This year, Harris has run in 13 touchdowns while averaging 103 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 55.00
Julyan Santee Turns in Season-Best Effort
Sadly, Julyan Santee posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Hancock over George County on Friday. Santee picked up a sack and made six total tackles (2.0 for loss).
For the year, Santee has averaged 3.4 total tackles per game and for the season has 2 sacks. It gets even more impressive: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 0.88 receiving yards per game. This year he is averaging 22.88 receiving yards.
Gamescore: 30.05
Deuce Knight Dazzles in George County Win
Rounding off our Top Five is Deuce Knight of George County. Knight threw for 329 yards and three touchdowns on only 16 passes.
Knight is probably looking forward to his next game, a home matchup against West Harrison on Friday. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Knight saw the Hurricanes), he threw for 323 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 13.5 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 48 yards and two touchdowns.
Gamescore: 29.33
Other Notable Players
- Kohl Bradley: 21 total tackles (Gamescore: 29.25)
- Montrell Dortch: 32 yards rushing, 1 TD ; 85 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 29.00)
- BRANDEN GAUTIER: 183 yards rushing (Gamescore: 28.20)
- Jazear Carter: 13 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 25.50)
- CAISON Little: 1 sack and 12 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 24.25)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
