3A Central 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!
Justin Donley Tops All Others This Week
Starting off the list is Southern Alamance's Justin Donley, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Donley rushed for 166 yards and a touchdown.
Southern Alamance's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-3. Donley and Southern Alamance will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Orange at 7:00 p.m. on October 18th.
Gamescore: 31.85
Mahan Made His Presence Known in Williams' 39-21 Win
Williams picked up their sixth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Dan Mahan. Mahan was unstoppable, throwing for 233 yards and three touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes, and also punching in a touchdown on the ground.
Eastern Alamance's probably not too fond of Mahan given he always seems to get the better of them. When Mahan last faced the Eagles back in September of 2023, he threw for 283 yards and four touchdowns.
Gamescore: 30.93
Amarion Richmond's Big Game Leads Williams over Eastern Alamance
Amarion Richmond's big game helped extend Williams's winning streak to six on Friday. Richmond did his part (and then some), picking up 60 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 97 yards for the 'W'.
Richmond and Williams will be playing in front of their home fans against Western Alamance at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The last time Richmond took on the Warriors, he rushed for 63 yards and a touchdown. Can he match (or beat) that performance?
Gamescore: 25.98
While Deshan Hairston delivered a dominant effort on Friday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Eastern Alamance. Nobody could stop Hairston as he picked up 24 receiving yards.
Eastern Alamance is on a seven-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-6. Hairston and Eastern Alamance will head out to square off against Cedar Ridge at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 23.90
Jake Whitt Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Southern Alamance was led to victory by Jake Whitt, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Whitt picked up 1.5 sacks and made ten total tackles (3.0 for loss). Thanks to that strong showing, he's now averaging 5.1 total tackles per game. He has become a key player for Southern Alamance: the team is 3-1 when he posts at least four total tackles, but 1-2 otherwise.
This year, Whitt has averaged 5.1 total tackles per game and for the season has 3.5 sacks. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 2.29 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 22.50
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
