High School Sports

AC Flora linebacker voted The State’s Midlands high school football Player of Week

Vote now for The State’s high school football Player of the Week.
Vote now for The State’s high school football Player of the Week. Jeff Blake Photo

The votes are in, and AC Flora linebacker Hugh Manning wins the vote for The State’s Midlands High School Football Player of the Week.

Thanks to all who voted. A new poll will be up on Monday afternoon.

The nominees are listed below. Please note that these polls are not scientific and are meant to be just for fun. Congrats to all the nominees.

Player of Week Nominees

Maurice Anderson, RB, Dutch Fork: Senior rushed for 65 yards and had five touchdowns, all in first half, in a win over Chapin.

Matthew Blocker, DB, Irmo: Senior had seven tackles, one pass break-up and returned an interception for a TD in the win over Lexington.

Johnny Collins, QB, Blythewood: Junior was 19-of-31 passing for 233 yards and four touchdowns in a win over Lugoff-Elgin.

Tre Howard, QB, Ridge View: Sophomore was 13-of-21 passing for 300 yards and four touchdowns, carried it five times for 74 yards and two TDs in a win over Spring Valley.

Ahmad Johnson, DB, Swansea: Senior had two interceptions and had a 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the win over Keenan.

Hugh Manning, LB, AC Flora: Sophomore had 16 tackles (six for loss) and forced a fumble in a win over Lancaster.

Nykeim McNeil, WR/DB, Keenan: Senior had five catches for 207 yards, two touchdowns and had six tackles in a loss to Swansea.

Hayden Myers, RB, River Bluff: Junior carried it 28 times for 189 yards and a TD in the win over White Knoll.

Andrew Turner, QB, Hammond: Senior was 8-of-9 passing for 221 yards, two touchdowns. He also ran for two TDs against Laurence Manning.

Aiden Wiles, OL/DL, North Central: Senior graded out at 93 percent with four pancake blocks and rushed for a touchdown in the win over Chesterfield. On defense, he had 9.5 tackles (three for loss) and a sack.

This story was originally published October 7, 2024 at 12:41 PM.

Lou Bezjak
The State
Lou Bezjak is the High School Sports Prep Coordinator for The (Columbia) State and (Hilton Head) Island Packet. He previously worked at the Florence Morning News and had covered high school sports in South Carolina since 2002. Lou is a two-time South Carolina Sports Writer of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Support my work with a digital subscription
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