3A/4A All-American 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!
Latrell Carter Earns League's Top Spot
Starting off the list is Pine Forest's Latrell Carter, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Carter rushed for 134 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.4 yards per carry, and also picked up 65 receiving yards and two touchdowns. The bulk of those receiving yards came from one huge play: a catch that gained an incredible 51 yards.
Pine Forest has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 4-3 record this season. Carter and Pine Forest will face off against Triton at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 51.07
Isaiah Whittington Delivers Electric Performance Vs Harnett Central
Isaiah Whittington's big game helped extend Terry Sanford's winning streak to four on Friday. Whittington did his part (and then some), rushing for 104 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries, while also picking up 30 receiving yards for the 'W'.
On the year, Whittington has run in 3 touchdowns while averaging 38.3 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 30.28
Moore Came Up Big in Pine Forest's 52-32 Win
Jaidon Moore posted a new career-high in rushing yards on Friday. He threw for 181 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 passes, and also rushed for 75 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries.
For the season, Moore has thrown 12 touchdowns while averaging 151.3 passing yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 2.14 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 28.27
Kelly Posts Huge Game in 12-8 Defeat
While Logan Kelly delivered a dominant effort on Friday, a win just wasn't in the cards for Overhills. Nobody could stop Kelly as he picked up two sacks and made 13 total tackles (3.0 for loss). He is becoming a predictor of Overhills' success: when he posts at least four total tackles the team is 2-1 (and 1-3 when he doesn't).
Overhills' defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-4. Kelly and Overhills will head out on the road to square off against Harnett Central at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 28.25
O'brian Ward Rounds Out Top Five
Rounding off our Top Five is O'Brian Ward of Triton. Ward rushed for 113 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
For the season, Ward has run in 2 touchdowns while averaging 35.3 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 25.48
Other Notable Players
- Aundre `Davis: 72 yards receiving, 1 TD ; 56 yards rushing (Gamescore: 23.62)
- Jaylen Gurley: 3 sacks and 7 total tackles (Gamescore: 22.50)
- Nicholas Smith: 33 yards rushing (Gamescore: 22.47)
- Kamari Lofton: 2 sacks and 7 total tackles (2.0 for loss) (Gamescore: 22.35)
- Devin Walker: 1 interception and 11 total tackles (Gamescore: 21.50)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
