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 Delivers Electric Performance Vs Brookland
Drew Gartman's big game helped extend Valley View's winning streak to seven on Friday. 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 challenge Greene County Tech at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 43.33
Harrell Came Up Big in Nettleton's 42-7 Win
Xavier Harrell's big game helped extend Nettleton's winning streak to five on Friday. 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.
On the year, Harrell has run in 14 touchdowns while averaging 129.1 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he had one rushing touchdown.
Gamescore: 32.60
Damin Coleman Turns in Season-Best Performance
On Friday, Nettleton got the W thanks in part to Damin Coleman playing the best football he has all season. Coleman wasn't messing around, forcing a fumble and making 14 total tackles (4.0 for loss). The contest was his eighth straight with six or more total tackles dating back to last season.
For the year, Coleman has averaged 9.2 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 29.25
Xavier Pierce Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Batesville came up short on Friday despite Xavier Pierce delivering his best game to date. Pierce forced a fumble, made ten total tackles (0.5 for loss), and defended two passes. Thanks to that strong showing, he's now averaging 5.4 total tackles per game. He is on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made seven or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
For the year, Pierce has averaged 5.4 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 18.50
Batesville Gets a Boost from Sevier in 31-10 Defeat
Keeping Pierce company is Rourke Sevier, a fellow Batesville player. He made 15 total tackles (2.0 for loss). He is on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made seven or more in the last seven games he's played dating back to last season.
For the year, Sevier has averaged 11 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 18.25
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
