1A/2A Coastal Plains 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!
Tariq Barber Has Career-Day on Friday
Starting off the list is Pamlico County's Tariq Barber, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. On Friday Barber rushed for 165 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.7 yards per carry, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. His longest rush was for an incredible 82 yards.
This season, Barber has run in 5 touchdowns while averaging 103.5 rushing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had one rushing touchdown.
Gamescore: 50.45
A Season-Best Performance from Sincere Columbus Leads Northside - Pinetown over Pamlico County
Sincere Columbus produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Northside - Pinetown to the win on Friday. Columbus' rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 139 rushing yards dating back to last season. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 79 yards.
The win (which was Northside - Pinetown's fourth in a row) raised their record to 5-2. Columbus and Northside - Pinetown will venture away from home to take on East Carteret at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 43.55
Connor Shea's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Lejeune over East Carteret
While Connor Shea delivered a dominant effort on Friday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Lejeune. Shea was unstoppable, throwing for 312 yards and four touchdowns.
East Carteret's probably not too fond of Shea given he always seems to get the better of them. When Shea last faced the Mariners back in October of 2023, he threw for 497 yards and five touchdowns, and also punched in a rushing score.
Gamescore: 34.20
Eric Brantley Has Career Rushing Day
Eric Brantley posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He rushed for 56 yards and a touchdown.
For the year, Brantley has run in those 1 touchdown while averaging 15.2 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 33.25
Roman Wells Delivers Best Effort of Season
On Friday, Lejeune had to settle for second even though Roman Wells put up the best numbers he has all season. Wells made ten total tackles (3.0 for loss).
This year, Wells has averaged 5.5 total tackles per game and for the season has 0 sacks.
Gamescore: 30.30
Other Notable Players
- Andrew Finnerty: 137 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 26.28)
- Malachi Moore: 100 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 20.33)
- Johnson Sheaffer: 1 sack, 8 total tackles, and 1 forced fumble (Gamescore: 17.75)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
