5A East 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!
Drew Gartman's Big Game Leads Valley View over Brookland
Valley View picked up their seventh consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Drew Gartman. Gartman was unstoppable, throwing for 170 yards and three touchdowns while completing 90% of his passes, and also rushing for 84 yards and a touchdown.
Valley View pushed their record up to 7-0 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season. Gartman and Valley View will square off against Greene County Tech at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 43.33
Owen Miller Goes Supernova in Harding Academy Victory
Winning always takes teamwork, but on Friday Owen Miller stepped things up a notch to give Harding Academy the 'W'. Nobody could stop Miller as he threw for 218 yards and two touchdowns while completing 82.6% of his passes, and also rushed for 59 yards and a touchdown.
Miller and Harding Academy will take on Nettleton at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Miller will face off against Maddox Hampton, the Raiders' star quarterback. So who wins this QB-duel? There's only one way to know for sure.
Gamescore: 38.43
Big Game from Baker As Harding Academy Won 49-8
Another Harding Academy player making an appearance on this list is Isaac Baker. He rushed for 97 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries.
This year, Baker has averaged 56.8 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he was only averaging 29.83 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 37.07
Nettleton Wins Fifth-Straight Thanks to Xavier Harrell
Nettleton picked up their fifth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Xavier Harrell. Greene County Tech had no answer to Harrell as he rushed for 105 yards and three touchdowns. Harrell's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 105 rushing yards dating back to last season.
For the season, Harrell has run in 14 touchdowns while averaging 129.1 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had one rushing touchdown.
Gamescore: 32.60
Damin Coleman Turns in Season-Best Effort
Damin Coleman produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Nettleton to the win on Friday. Coleman wasn't messing around, forcing a fumble and making 14 total tackles (4.0 for loss). The match was his eighth straight with six or more total tackles dating back to last season.
This season, Coleman has averaged 9.2 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 29.25
Other Notable Players
- Xavier Pierce: 10 total tackles (0.5 for loss) and 1 forced fumble (Gamescore: 18.50)
- Rourke Sevier: 15 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 18.25)
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