3A/4A Sandhills 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!
A Season-Best Performance from Kmauri Morgan Leads Richmond over Lee County
On Friday, Richmond got the W thanks in part to Kmauri Morgan playing the best football he has all season. Morgan wasn't messing around, picking up four sacks and making 17 total tackles (5.0 for loss). The matchup was his ninth straight with five or more total tackles.
The win was the sixth in a row for Richmond, bringing their record for this year to 7-2. Morgan and Richmond will have some time to savor their victory since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Scotland at 7:30 p.m. on November 1st.
Gamescore: 45.50
Richmond Wins Sixth-Straight Thanks to Dominic Tillman
Dominic Tillman's big game helped extend Richmond's winning streak to six on Friday. Tillman was unstoppable, throwing for 325 yards and five touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes.
On the year, Tillman has thrown 9 touchdowns while averaging 90.4 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 43.27
Tate Simpson Delivers Best Effort of Season
On Friday, Richmond got the W thanks in part to Tate Simpson playing the best football he has all season. Simpson picked up two sacks, forced a fumble, and made eight total tackles (3.0 for loss).
For the season, Simpson has averaged 3.3 total tackles per game and for the season has 3 sacks. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had one sack.
Gamescore: 28.50
Jayden Hill Delivers Electric Effort Vs Richmond
While Jayden Hill delivered a dominant effort on Friday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Lee County. Richmond had no answer to Hill as he picked up 110 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
For the season, Hill has caught 10 touchdowns while averaging 99.4 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had one receiving touchdown.
Gamescore: 28.00
Hayne Tobias' Rushing Yards a New Career-High
Union Pines was led to victory by Hayne Tobias, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Tobias picked up 94 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 32 yards and a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
Hoke County had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Tobias it was a similar story. Back in October of 2023 (the last time Tobias saw the Bucks), he picked up 103 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Gamescore: 27.82
Other Notable Players
- Chris Najm: 63 yards rushing, 3 TDs (Gamescore: 26.20)
- Zymire Spencer: 138 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 24.48)
- Dajuan Gibson: 110 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 24.00)
- Eli Melton: 107 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 23.03)
- Elijah Clayton: 2 sacks and 7 total tackles (3.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 23.00)
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