4A District 1 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!
Ladarian Clardy Drops League-Best Effort on Friday
Starting off the list is Escambia's Ladarian Clardy, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Clardy made six total tackles. He torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 85 yards.
The win (which was Escambia's third in a row) raised their record to 5-2. Clardy and Escambia will be playing at home against Crestview at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 23.62
Dorrion White Goes Supernova in Escambia Win
Keeping Clardy company is Dorrion White, a fellow Escambia player. He rushed for 120 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.1 yards per carry.
This season, White has run in 5 touchdowns while averaging 77.3 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 23.20
Jakhire Witherspoon Turns in Season-Best Effort
Booker T. Washington came up short on Friday despite Jakhire Witherspoon delivering his best game to date. Witherspoon wasn't messing around, picking up a sack and making 11 total tackles (3.0 for loss). The contest was his third straight with six or more total tackles. He is becoming a predictor of Booker T. Washington's success: when he posts at least four total tackles the team is 2-1 (and 1-4 when he doesn't).
Booker T. Washington is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-5. Witherspoon and Booker T. Washington will face off against Tate at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 22.75
Billy Dunn Delivers Best Performance of Season
Escambia was led to victory by Billy Dunn, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Dunn threw for 200 yards and two touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes.
This year, Dunn has thrown 5 touchdowns while averaging 76.5 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 21.93
Murphy Posts Huge Game in 23-2 Defeat
Another Booker T. Washington player making an appearance on this list is Darius Murphy. He picked up a sack and made six total tackles (4.0 for loss). He is on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made six or more in the last seven games he's played dating back to last season.
For the season, Murphy has averaged 9 total tackles per game and for the season has 2 sacks. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 1.38 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 18.00
Other Notable Players
- Georqirous Moultrie: 33 yards rushing, 1 TD ; 22 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 17.68)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
