5A East 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!
Drew Gartman's Big Game Leads Valley View over Brookland
Drew Gartman's big game helped extend Valley View's winning streak to seven on Friday. Gartman was dynamite, throwing for 170 yards and three touchdowns while completing 90% of his passes, and also rushing for 84 yards and a touchdown.
Valley View pushed their record up to 7-0 with the win, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season. Gartman and Valley View will challenge Greene County Tech at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 43.33
Harrell Came Up Big in Nettleton's 42-7 Win
Nettleton picked up their fifth consecutive win on Friday thanks in part to Xavier Harrell. Harrell did his part (and then some), rushing for 105 yards and three touchdowns for the 'W'. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 105 rushing yards dating back to last season.
This year, Harrell has run in 14 touchdowns while averaging 129.1 rushing yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after eight games last season, he had one rushing touchdown.
Gamescore: 32.60
Damin Coleman Delivers Best Performance of Season
Nettleton was led to victory by Damin Coleman, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Coleman wasn't messing around, forcing a fumble and making 14 total tackles (4.0 for loss). The match was his eighth straight with six or more total tackles dating back to last season.
For the season, Coleman has averaged 9.2 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 29.25
Xavier Pierce Crosses Big Stat Threshold
On Friday, Batesville had to settle for second even though Xavier Pierce put up the best numbers he has all season. Pierce forced a fumble, made ten total tackles (0.5 for loss), and defended two passes. Thanks to that strong showing, he's now averaging 5.4 total tackles per game. He is on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made seven or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
This season, Pierce has averaged 5.4 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 18.50
Batesville Gets a Boost from Sevier in 31-10 Loss
Keeping Pierce company is Rourke Sevier, a fellow Batesville player. He made 15 total tackles (2.0 for loss). He is on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made seven or more in the last seven games he's played dating back to last season.
This season, Sevier has averaged 11 total tackles per game.
Gamescore: 18.25
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
