6A Region 3 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!
Jeremy Spratling Turns in Season-Best Effort
Jeremy Spratling produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Helena to the win on Friday. Spratling rushed for 162 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.1 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 74-yard run.
The victory (which was Helena's third in a row) raised their record to 5-3. Spratling and Helena will head out on the road to square off against Calera at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 38.00
Spain Park Wins 13th-Straight Thanks to Corey Barber
Spain Park picked up their 13th consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Corey Barber. Barber was unstoppable, picking up 148 receiving yards and three touchdowns. He showed off some serious burst, connecting on a big catch for 69 yards.
Spain Park pushed their record up to 8-0 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Jaguars takes on Chilton County at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 34.13
Domynyck Santiago Has Career-Day on Friday
Helena was led to victory by Domynyck Santiago, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Santiago rushed for 130 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an impressive 67 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
For the year, Santiago has run in 6 touchdowns while averaging 38 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 33.77
Brock Bradley's Big Game Leads Spain Park over Calera
Spain Park picked up their 13th consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Brock Bradley. Bradley did his part (and then some), throwing for 209 yards and four touchdowns on only 13 passes for the 'W'. He is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
This year, Bradley has thrown 24 touchdowns while averaging 223.5 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 32.63
Alijah Johnson Rounds Out Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is Alijah Johnson of Benjamin Russell. Johnson threw for 183 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 passes.
On the season, Johnson has thrown 19 touchdowns while averaging 185 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after eight games last season, he was only averaging 0.63 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 18.25 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 30.70
Other Notable Players
- Kalib Spivey: 3 sacks and 7 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 27.00)
- Kevin Pinkard: 1 interception and 12 total tackles (Gamescore: 24.50)
- T.J. Wilson: 138 yards rushing; 23 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 21.67)
- Ej Kerley Jr: 1 sack and 11 total tackles (Gamescore: 18.25)
- Zion Mclain: 3 sacks and 4 total tackles (Gamescore: 17.25)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
