3A Coastal 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!
JJ Gulat Turns in Season-Best Effort
On Friday, Dixon had to settle for second even though JJ Gulat put up the best numbers he has all season. Gulat rushed for 266 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.1 yards per carry.
Dixon's loss was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-5. Gulat and Dixon will square off against Swansboro at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 64.00
Tareavion Mageo Sets Career High in Rushing Yards
Tareavion Mageo posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: he posted at least 126 rushing yards in the sixth games prior.
White Oak's win was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-1. They and West Carteret are set to duel on Friday.
Gamescore: 57.98
Tanner Payne Crosses Big Stat Threshold
Tanner Payne produced his most outstanding game to date while leading West Carteret to the win on Friday. Payne threw for 396 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 18.0 yards per attempt. Thanks to that strong showing, he's now averaging 3.2 passing touchdowns per game.
This season, Payne has thrown 19 touchdowns while averaging 258.7 passing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging six passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 51.00
Jasiah Jones Delivers Best Performance of Season
Jasiah Jones produced his most outstanding game to date while leading West Carteret to the win on Friday. Jones picked up 92 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 69 yards and a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. The bulk of those receiving yards came from one huge play: a catch that gained an incredible 72 yards.
Dixon had to have seen this coming; the last time they saw Jones it was a similar story. When Jones last faced the Bulldogs back in September of 2023, he picked up 149 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Gamescore: 35.87
Shondel Parker Makes It Two for Dixon
The second Dixon player making an appearance here is Shondel Parker, and for good reason. He rushed for 135 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries.
On the year, Parker has run in 5 touchdowns while averaging 68.7 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 35.80
Other Notable Players
- Sean Cartwright: 217 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 28.20)
- Jay Murray: 57 yards receiving, 3 TDs (Gamescore: 24.03)
- Jeremiyah Dixon: 21 total tackles (1.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 23.00)
- Kvontarious Smith: 1 sack, 11 total tackles, and 1 forced fumble (Gamescore: 21.35)
- Joshua Smith: 66 yards passing; 120 yards rushing (Gamescore: 17.50)
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