High School Sports

Charlotte Catholic hero is Charlotte Observer football player of the week of 2019

Charlotte Catholic’s Davis Barnett is the Charlotte Observer high school football player of the week.

Barnett had an interception in the end zone Friday that sealed the Cougars 56-49 win over Kings Mountain in seven overtimes.

Barnett’s play sent Catholic to Saturday’s N.C. 3A state championship game at N.C. State. The Cougars will try to win a third straight state title.

In this week’s vote, Barnett got nearly 11,000 of 13,099 votes cast.

If you cannot see the poll on mobile, click here

This story was originally published December 7, 2019 at 10:32 PM.

Langston Wertz Jr.
The Charlotte Observer
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