3A Central 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!
Justin Donley Earns League's Top Spot
Starting off the list is Southern Alamance's Justin Donley, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Donley rushed for 166 yards and a touchdown.
Southern Alamance's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-3. Donley and Southern Alamance will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Orange at 7:00 p.m. on October 18th.
Gamescore: 31.85
Mahan Came Up Big in Williams' 39-21 Win
Dan Mahan was instrumental in extending Williams's winning streak to six on Friday. Nobody could stop Mahan as he threw for 233 yards and three touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground.
Mahan must have Eastern Alamance's number; he was a force to be reckoned with the last time he faced them too. Back in September of 2023 (the last time Mahan saw the Eagles), he threw for 283 yards and four touchdowns.
Gamescore: 30.93
Amarion Richmond Goes Supernova in Williams Victory
Amarion Richmond's big game helped extend Williams's winning streak to six on Friday. Richmond was unstoppable, picking up 60 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 97 yards.
Richmond and Williams will be playing in front of their home fans against Western Alamance at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The Bulldogs got just the result they wanted when they last faced the Warriors, probably because Richmond had a solid game then too: he rushed for 63 yards and a touchdown. Can he match (or beat) that performance?
Gamescore: 25.98
While Eastern Alamance might've come up empty on Friday, Deshan Hairston wasn't going down without a fight. Nobody could stop Hairston as he picked up 24 receiving yards.
Eastern Alamance is on a seven-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-6. Hairston and Eastern Alamance will venture away from home to face off against Cedar Ridge at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 23.90
Jake Whitt Crosses Big Stat Threshold
On Friday, Southern Alamance got the W thanks in part to Jake Whitt playing the best football he has all season. Whitt picked up 1.5 sacks and made ten total tackles (3.0 for loss). Thanks to that strong showing, he's now averaging 5.1 total tackles per game. He is becoming a predictor of Southern Alamance's success: when he posts at least four total tackles the team is 3-1 (and 1-2 when he doesn't).
For the season, Whitt has averaged 5.1 total tackles per game and for the season has 3.5 sacks. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 2.29 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 22.50
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
