AAAAA 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!
Chalmers Ballard's Big Game Leads Lucy Beckham over Cane Bay
Starting off the list is Lucy Beckham's Chalmers Ballard, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Ballard rushed for 130 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries, and also threw for 196 yards and a touchdown while completing 71.4% of his passes. Those 130 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
This season, Ballard has thrown 9 touchdowns while averaging 155.3 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after six games last season, he was only averaging 5.67 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 71.33 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 42.77
A Season-Best Effort from Loren Whitehurst Leads Wando over Goose Creek
Wando came up short on Friday despite Loren Whitehurst delivering his best game to date. Whitehurst wasn't messing around, picking up four sacks, forcing a fumble, and making seven total tackles (6.0 for loss). The matchup was his third straight with five or more total tackles dating back to last season.
For the year, Whitehurst has averaged 5.7 total tackles per game and for the season has 8.5 sacks.
Gamescore: 40.25
Davis Came Up Big in Stratford's 30-22 Defeat
While Stratford might've come up empty on Friday, Jachin Davis wasn't going down without a fight. Davis turned in nothing short of a gem, rushing for 108 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 145 yards and a touchdown.
This year, Davis has thrown 9 touchdowns (and and only 1 pick) while averaging 169.3 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 33.37
Berkeley Wins Third-Straight Thanks to Henry Rivers
Henry Rivers's big game helped extend Berkeley's winning streak to three on Friday. Rivers turned in nothing short of a gem, rushing for 96 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries.
The win got Berkeley back to even at 3-3. Rivers and Berkeley have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome Goose Creek at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 30.37
Harris Stone Turns in Season-Best Effort
On Friday, Wando had to settle for second even though Harris Stone put up the best numbers he has all season. Stone threw for 249 yards and three touchdowns.
For the year, Stone has thrown 7 touchdowns while averaging 164.5 passing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he had three passing touchdowns.
Gamescore: 28.90
Other Notable Players
- Hank Aeppli: 18 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 28.00)
- Cole Fletcher: 88 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 26.47)
- Bryson Mcgee: 127 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.80)
- Marcus Henderson: 1 interception and 13 total tackles (Gamescore: 25.25)
- Evan Manos: 30 yards receiving; 45 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 17.37)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
