Here are the NC high school football players of the week from Round 3 of the playoffs
Here are the NC high school football players of the week after Round 3 of the NC High School Athletic Association playoffs and the NC Independent Schools Athletic Association state championship round.
The picks are announced each week on “Talking Preps,” the weekly streaming show from The Charlotte Observer and News & Observer of Raleigh. Watch each Tuesday on either newspaper’s website, YouTube, Facebook or Twitter pages.
Brody Barnhardt, Providence Day: five catches, 93 yards and two touchdowns in a 55-13 win over Charlotte Christian in the NCISAA Division I state championship game. Providence Day beat Charlotte Christian 55-13. Barnhardt also had five tackles, one tackle for a loss, two interceptions and a fumble recovery.
Cameron Richardson, Rolesville: in a big 42-28 upset of Wake Forest, Richardson had 11 tackles, including four for a loss and a sack. Rolesville 10-3 has won four in a row an avenged a 24-20 loss to Wake Forest on Oct. 21.
Mitchell Summers, Grimsley: 5-6, 150-pound sophomore ran 22 times for 192 yards and two touchdowns in a 44-36 win over Independence Friday. Summers has 1,770 yards and 19 touchdowns on 197 carries this season and is averaging 9.0 yards per attempt.
Isaac Weaver, Andrews: in a 50-23 win over Murphy, Weaver ran for 318 yards on 14 carries, and had a 49-yard catch. He had four rushing and one receiving touchdown. He also intercepted a pass and had 430 all purpose yards.
Christian Perris, Princeton: 5-11, 180-pound senior has rushed for 3,198 yards this season, which ranks among the top 20 all-time for public school running backs, and he’s got 47 rushing touchdowns. In Friday’s 63-55 win over Cummings, Perris ran 33 times for 495 yards, the third most ever by an NCHSAA player. Perris’ seven rushing touchdowns ties for the second-most in NCHSAA history. He also had 154 yards in kick returns for a total of 649 total offensive yards.
In the past two weeks, Perris has rushed for 896 yards and 12 touchdowns.
