1A Region 5 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!
Uland Posts Huge Game in 16-14 Loss
Starting off the list is Cornersville's Hunter Uland, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Uland rushed for 128 yards while picking up 7.5 yards per carry, and also picked up 74 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Uland and Cornersville will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Wayne County at 7:00 p.m. The last time Uland took on the Wildcats, he rushed for 32 yards and a touchdown, and also caught a touchdown. Can he match (or beat) that performance?
Gamescore: 39.87
A Season-Best Performance from Bj Summers Leads Huntland over Wayne County
Bj Summers produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Huntland to the win on Friday. Summers rushed for 181 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.1 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 50 yards.
The win got Huntland back to even at 3-3. It'll be a Battle of the Bugs Hornets challenges Lookout Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 36.50
Jed Ashley Delivers Best Performance of Season
Huntland was led to victory by Jed Ashley, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Ashley rushed for 84 yards and two touchdowns.
For the year, Ashley has run in those 2 touchdowns while averaging 45.5 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 23.00
Jackson Smith Makes It Two for Cornersville
The second Cornersville player making an appearance here is Jackson Smith, and for good reason. He rushed for 37 yards.
On the year, Smith has averaged 63.1 passing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 1.86 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 17.40
A Constellation of Stars for Huntland
Another Huntland player making an appearance on this list is Kyrin Baxter. He picked up a sack and made three total tackles.
Gamescore: 14.15
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