A D1 Region 7 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!
Carter Triplett Delivers Best Effort of Season
Christian Heritage was led to victory by Carter Triplett, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Triplett rushed for 96 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries, and also threw for 183 yards and four touchdowns on only 17 passes.
Triplett and Christian Heritage will have some time to savor their victory since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Fannin County at 7:30 p.m. on October 25th. Triplett will face off against Lawson Sullivan, the Rebels' star signal caller. With so much talent on the field, fans are surely in for an exciting game. The only thing left to see is who brings home the W.
Gamescore: 56.50
Gordon Lee Wins Third-Straight Thanks to Layne Vaughn
Layne Vaughn was instrumental in extending Gordon Lee's winning streak to three on Friday. Gordon Central had no answer to Vaughn as he rushed for 91 yards and three touchdowns.
Gordon Lee's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-2. Vaughn and Gordon Lee will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Coosa at 7:30 p.m. on October 25th.
Gamescore: 40.45
Zayden Cook's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Chattooga over Christian Heritage
Zayden Cook's rushing tear continued on Friday as he dropped his ninth-straight game with 158+ rushing yards dating back to last season. He rushed for 206 yards and two touchdowns. He was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 53 yards.
Chattooga's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-3. Cook and Chattooga will have a little extra prep time after the loss as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Dade County at 7:30 p.m. on October 25th.
Gamescore: 39.60
A Season-Best Effort from Dustin Day Leads Gordon Lee over Gordon Central
Gordon Lee was led to victory by Dustin Day, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Day threw for 216 yards and three touchdowns while completing 84.6% of his passes, and also punched in a rushing score.
On the year, Day has thrown 9 touchdowns while averaging 126 passing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he had one passing touchdown.
Gamescore: 33.90
Peyton Groce Makes It Three for Gordon Lee
Another Gordon Lee player making an appearance on this list is Peyton Groce. He made five total tackles. He torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 80 yards.
This year, Groce has averaged 7.1 total tackles per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 2.29 receiving yards per game. This year he is averaging 11.43 receiving yards.
Gamescore: 27.73
Other Notable Players
- Thailan Christopher: 130 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 26.68)
- Cooper Middleton: 2 sacks and 10 total tackles (Gamescore: 19.25)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
