6A Region 8 Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances in games played on Thursday and Friday (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
A Season-Best Effort from Dax Varnadore Leads Fort Payne over Hazel Green
Fort Payne was led to victory by Dax Varnadore, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Varnadore wasn't messing around, throwing for 353 yards and five touchdowns while completing 77.3% of his passes. The match was his third straight with three or more passing touchdowns.
Unfortunately for Hazel Green, this isn't the first big game they've seen from Varnadore. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Varnadore saw the Trojans), he threw for 257 yards and two touchdowns, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground.
Gamescore: 46.33
Shamarion Landrum Delivers Best Effort of Season
Buckhorn was led to victory by Shamarion Landrum, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Landrum rushed for 163 yards and a touchdown. The performance marked the most rushing yards he has had since back in August.
The win got Buckhorn back to even at 4-4. Landrum and Buckhorn are on the road again on Friday to play Cullman at 7:00 p.m.
Gamescore: 29.00
Brannon Oliver Turns in Season-Best Effort
Brannon Oliver produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Fort Payne to the win on Friday. Oliver picked up 123 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He got the majority of those receiving yards when he pulled down a pass and took off for a gain of 73 yards.
This year, Oliver has caught 6 touchdowns while averaging 59.1 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 24.55
A Season-Best Performance from Cohen Fielder Leads Buckhorn over Mae Jemison
Buckhorn was led to victory by Cohen Fielder, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Thursday. Fielder picked up two sacks and made seven total tackles (3.0 for loss).
This year, Fielder has averaged 4.6 total tackles per game and for the season has those 2 sacks.
Gamescore: 22.25
Ryker Shankles Delivers Best Effort of Season
Ryker Shankles produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Fort Payne to the win on Friday. Shankles picked up 99 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
On the year, Shankles has caught those 2 touchdowns while averaging 47.9 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 22.15
Other Notable Players
- Carter Blalock: 58 yards rushing, 1 TD ; 50 yards receiving (Gamescore: 19.57)
- Carter Tinker: 1 interception (1TD) and 5 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 17.00)
- Deven Chapman: 40 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 16.25)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
