Charlotte-Area High School Football Players of the Week

Adam Johns, Mount Pleasant: 281 yards rushing and a score in Friday’s 28-6 win over Northwest Cabarrus. The Tigers ended a two-game losing streak.

Cole Ladowski, Lake Norman: completed 12-of-17 passes for 169 yards and two touchdowns in Friday’s 38-14 win over Statesville. He also rushed for 70 yards and a score.

Cordel Littlejohn, Sage Surratt, Lincolnton: Littlejohn threw for 273 yards and four touchdowns, and ran for two more scores (1 and 29 yards) and a key 2-point conversion run late in the fourth quarter of the No. 16 Wolves' 42-35 win over East Lincoln. Surratt caught a season-best 20 passes for 173 yards and three touchdowns, including the game winner with 13.5 seconds remaining. Surratt’s single-game catches tie for the second most in N.C. history.

Gage Moloney, Wally Wilmore, Rock Hill Northwestern: Moloney completed 24-of-39 passes for 342 yards and five touchdowns in a 41-0 win over Fort Mill. Wilmore caught 11 passes for 127 yards and two scores.

Nijere Peoples, Davis Cheek, Butler: Peoples had 15 rushes, 293 yards, six touchdowns in a 55-21 win over East Mecklenburg. His rushing total was the 30th best in Mecklenburg County history and broke Butler’s 15-year-old single-game school record of 275 set by Gerrod Rivers in 2001. The six touchdowns rushing tie for second best in Mecklenburg County history. Cheek completed 13-of-18 passes for 254 yards and a score, including four passes for 148 yards to Kusegi Cureton.

Nakohr Wise, A.L. Brown: senior had two interceptions in Friday’s 24-21 win over previously unbeaten and No. 1 Vance. The first led to Brian Gutierrez’s game-winning field in the fourth quarter. The second, with 1.6 seconds left, came in the end zone and sealed the win.

This story was originally published October 3, 2016 at 12:07 PM with the headline "Charlotte-Area High School Football Players of the Week."