High School Sports

Subscriber exclusive: Vote for the MS Coast football Athlete of the Week for September 30

Now is your chance to vote in our Athlete of the Week poll, following another Friday night of non-district play around the Coast. The full top performers list can be found here.

This week’s football players are nominated from Pascagoula, Pearl River Central, Picayune, St. Stanislaus, 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, Oct. 4, at sunherald.com.

Get to know the nominees here:

  • Silas Corder, Pascagoula: Corder completed 21 of 27 passes for 298 yards and four touchdowns in a 44-3 win over Biloxi.
  • Qorday Russell, Pearl River Central: Russell threw for 211 yards and four touchdowns, ran for 174 yards and four scores and averaged 52.5 yards per punt in a 56-35 win over Bay High.

  • Darrell Smith, Picayune: Smith scored four rushing touchdowns in a 38-35 win over Ocean Springs.

  • Henry Nunmaker, St. Stanislaus: Nunmaker scored two rushing touchdowns and led the defense with 12 tackles in a 28-25 win over Mobile Christian.

  • Martin Shaw, Vancleave: Shaw had the program’s first 100-yard receiving game since 2019 with 102 yards and two touchdowns in a 35-14 win over Hancock.

  • Jordan Stapleton, West Harrison: Stapleton ran the ball nine times for 129 yards and three touchdowns and caught two passes for 104 yards and another score in a 48-13 win over Moss Point.

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