Subscriber exclusive: Vote for the MS Coast football Athlete of the Week for September 16
Now is your chance to vote in our Athlete of the Week poll, following another Friday night of district play around the Coast. The full top performers list can be found here.
This week’s football players are nominated from Gautier, Gulfport, Long Beach, Pass Christian, Picayune, Pascagoula, Vancleave and West Harrison.
This is not a scientific poll, and you can vote as many times as you’d like until voting ends at noon Friday, Sept. 20, at sunherald.com.
Get to know the nominees here:
- Fredrick Nicholson, Gautier: Nicholson had nine tackles, two forced fumbles, a pass breakup and a blocked field goal in the 38-31 win over Pascagoula.
Andre Peters, Gulfport: Peters led the Admirals with 20 tackles, a forced fumble and fumble recovery in a 31-21 loss to Madison Central.
- Junior Brown, Long Beach: Brown rushed for 177 yards and three touchdowns in a 36-35 win over Bay High.
- Silas Corder, Pascagoula: Corder completed 27 passes for 371 yards and two touchdowns in the loss to Gautier.
- Paris Travillion, Pass Christian: Trivillion threw for 352 yards and five touchdowns in a 41-28 win over Pearl River Central. He also added 74 rushing yards on seven carries.
- Darrell Smith, Picayune: Smith tallied 240 rushing yards and two touchdowns in the win over D’Iberville.
- Hunter Harper, Vancleave: Harper rushed for 241 yards and two touchdowns in the Bulldogs’ 17-14 win over Forrest County Ag.
- Jordan Stapleton, West Harrison: Stapleton rushed for 186 yards and three touchdowns in a 48-12 win over East Marion.
Scott Watkins
Sun Herald