K.D. Edenfield helped the Trojans right the ship on Friday night in a 28-14 win over Rehobeth. For his effort, he was also named Alabama Sports Writers Association offensive player of the week.
Edenfield accounted for 310 all-purpose yards and all four touchdowns in Charles Henderson's 28-14 win over Rehobeth. Edenfield was 11-of-17 passing for 254 yards and one touchdown and rushed for three TDs on eight carries and 34 yards. He also had 32 yards in punt returns.
He edged out Drew Phillips of Boaz and Darion Sutton of Shelby County for offensive honors. Phillips set a school record with 326 yards rushing on 30 attempts with touchdown runs of 53, 63, 57 and 48 yards in a 35-14 win over Southside-Gadsden. Sutton had a busy 3:17 stretch of the first half against Moody, sandwiching touchdown runs of 46 and 1 yard around a 33-yard interception return for a score to give the Wildcats to a 21-0 start en route to a 40-14 win.
On the other side of the ball, Parker Hollingshead of UMS-Wright stepped up in a big way to earn ASWA defensive/special teams honors. Hollingshead moved from linebacker to the line and had four sacks in a 35-13 win over W.S. Neal.
The two finalists were Brian Egan of Prattville and Leland Baker of Erwin. Egan had four field goals (37, 51, 32 and 33 yards) to go with three extra-point attempts as Prattville came from a 19-10 deficit for a 33-19 win over Stanhope Elmore. Baker had 12 tackles, including nine solo, with three sacks and a 51-yard interception return for touchdown in a 60-8 win over Carver-Birmingham.
Despite several big performances from Cherokee County area teams, none were among this week’s ASWA Player of the Week finalists.
Among those were Cedar Bluff sophomore defensive back/wide receiver Tyric Scales and Cherokee County junior quarterback Coty Blanchard.
Scales had a 26-yard interception return for a touchdown and also had two touchdown catches as a receiver (26 and 31 yards) to lead Cedar Bluff past Spring Garden 38-0 last Friday.
Blanchard completed 14-of-18 passes for 195 yards and three touchdowns in a 48-7 win over Jacksonville.
Both Blanchard and Scales are this week’s Cherokee County Herald Players of the Week.
Noteworthy performances by Cherokee County’s Jacob Morgan, Cedar Bluff’s Kyle Crane, Piedmont’s Christian Cantrell and Collinsville’s Jonathon Cole were also submitted for consideration.
Some 61 players were nominated in this week’s list from ASWA members in Albertville, Birmingham, Centre, Dothan, Florence, Fort Payne, Gadsden, Grove Hill, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, and Oneonta, while the top three were chosen by an ASWA panel.
Other finalists included:
OFFENSE
Tecumseh Garth, R.A. Hubbard: Garth ran for 266 yards and three touchdowns to lead Chiefs past high-scoring Phillips, 41-32.
Adam McCarley, Phillips: McCarley passed for 340 yards and four touchdowns, and ran for a pair of 2-point conversions in loss to R.A. Hubbard.
Drew Holcombe, Waterloo: Passed for 374 yards and five touchdowns, and ran for another as Waterloo beat Vina 56-48 in overtime.
Carl Davis, LeFlore: The Rattlers' quarterback threw for 311 yards and three touchdowns, including six passes for 220 yards and all three scores to Kelly Vail, in a loss to Spanish Fort.
Daryl Norris, Fairhope: The Pirates' quarterback accounted for five touchdowns — four passing and one rushing — in a 45-6 victory over Robertsdale. He threw for 366 yards and had a 10-yard touchdown run.
Justin McCreary, Theodore: The 5-foot-10, 253-pound running back carried the ball 37 times for 187 yards and two touchdowns of 5 and 4 yards to lead the Bobcats to a 28-13 victory over previously undefeated Murphy.
Darius Powell, Foley: The quarterback was 14-of-20 for 312 yards and four touchdowns, with one rushing TD in 56-0 win over Satsuma. All five touchdowns came in first half.
Casey O’Toole, Oneonta: The senior quarterback completed 19 of 26 passes for 267 yards with three touchdowns and one interception in the Redskins’ 38-14 win over Hokes Bluff.
Derrick Colvin, Jackson-Olin: The senior quarterback helped the Mustangs to their first win of the season by going 24-for-32 with three touchdowns and 251 yards in a 30-6 victory over Paul Bryant. He also rushed 10 times for 50 yards.
Anthony Gulley, Brantley: Gulley rushed for 216 yards and scored on five of his eight carries in the first half of a 69-20 win over McKenzie, scoring on runs of 62, 42, 31, 18 and 48 yards.
Jonathan Craig, Fultondale: Rushed for 222 yards and five touchdowns in a 44-23 win over Vincent as the Wildcats rushed for 506 yards as a team.
Anthony Gardner, Pleasant Grove: Rushed for 229 yards on 24 carries with touchdown runs of 80 and 81 yards to go with a 92-yard kickoff return for a score in an 18-13 win over Brewer.
DEFENSE/SPECIAL TEAMS
Kyle Wright, Fort Payne: The junior outside linebacker finished with nine tackles (six solo, three assists) in Fort Payne’s 44-0 victory over Albertville. His totals included two sacks, two quarterback pressures and one caused fumble.
Chance Payne, Oneonta: The senior linebacker had eight tackles, including three for loss, and two sacks in Oneonta’s 38-14 win over Hokes Bluff.
Chase Handy, Hokes Bluff: The Eagles’ leading tackler on the year, Handy had 12 stops, including two for loss, in a 38-14 loss to Oneonta.
Taurance Bass, Central Phenix City: Bass intercepted a pass at the 1-yard line with 47 seconds left, preserving a Red Devil 27-25 win over Dothan. Bass also blocked an extra point when Dothan closed the gap to 27-19.
Ty Tyler, Ariton: Playing in his first game back after missing five games with an injury, Tyler had 14 tackles, including one for a loss, in the Purple Cats’ 36-20 win over Providence Christian. Tyler also rushed for a touchdown and two 2-point conversions on offense.
Trey Williams, Shades Valley: The defensive back had 17 tackles in a 28-15 loss to Hewitt-Trussville.
Jabarick Williams, Lee-Montgomery: The linebacker recorded 11 tackles as the Generals held Jeff Davis to 141 yards in a 14-3 victory. The win snapped a school-record losing streak and one of the state's longest active losing streaks at 18 games.
Hayden Kelley, Hooper: The defensive back picked off three passes in a 31-6 win over Taylor Road Academy. He also had a 6-yard touchdown reception on offense.
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