4A District 1 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!
Ladarian Clardy Earns League's Top Spot
Starting off the list is Escambia's Ladarian Clardy, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Clardy made six total tackles. The bulk of those receiving yards came from one huge play: a catch that gained an incredible 85 yards.
The victory (which was Escambia's third in a row) raised their record to 5-2. Clardy will try to repeat (or improve) on that dominant effort when he faces off against Crestview on Friday.
Gamescore: 23.62
Dorrion White Dazzles in Escambia Victory
Keeping Clardy company is Dorrion White, a fellow Escambia player. He rushed for 120 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.1 yards per carry.
For the year, White has run in 5 touchdowns while averaging 77.3 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 23.20
Jakhire Witherspoon Delivers Best Effort of Season
Sadly, Jakhire Witherspoon posting his best game of the season wasn't enough to lead Booker T. Washington over Pine Forest on Friday. Witherspoon wasn't messing around, picking up a sack and making 11 total tackles (3.0 for loss). The match was his third straight with six or more total tackles. He is becoming a predictor of Booker T. Washington's success: when he posts at least four total tackles the team is 2-1 (and 1-4 when he doesn't).
Booker T. Washington is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-5. Witherspoon and Booker T. Washington will challenge Tate at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 22.75
Billy Dunn Turns in Season-Best Performance
Billy Dunn produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Escambia to the win on Friday. Dunn threw for 200 yards and two touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes.
This year, Dunn has thrown 5 touchdowns while averaging 76.5 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 21.93
Murphy Posts Huge Game in 23-2 Defeat
The second Booker T. Washington player making an appearance here is Darius Murphy, and for good reason. He picked up a sack and made six total tackles (4.0 for loss). He is on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made six or more in the last seven games he's played dating back to last season.
For the season, Murphy has averaged 9 total tackles per game and for the season has 2 sacks. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 1.38 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 18.00
Other Notable Players
- Georqirous Moultrie: 33 yards rushing, 1 TD ; 22 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 17.68)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
