High School Football

Heathwood Hall QB named The State’s high school football Player of the Week

Vote as often as you can in our Player of the Week poll.
Vote as often as you can in our Player of the Week poll. Jeff Blake Photo

Congratulations to Heathwood Hall quarterback Patrick Belk for winning the vote for this week’s State’s Midlands Player of the Week honors.

A new poll will be released on Monday.

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

Michael Aitchison, LB, Hammond: Senior had four tackles, including one for loss, returned an interception and fumble for touchdowns in the win over Wilson Hall.

Patrick Belk, QB, Heathwood Hall: Freshman was 21-of-35 passing for 223 yards, a touchdown and carried it 11 times for 56 yards in the win over Cardinal Newman.

Harrison Collins, QB, Blythewood: Junior threw for 415 yards, five touchdowns and also ran for a score in the win over Goose Creek.

Jylil Favor, LB, Irmo: Junior had 14 tackles, two sacks and a fumble recovery in the Yellow Jackets’ victory over Hartsville.

Zion Fuller, RB, Spring Valley: Senior had 21 carries for 173 yards and a touchdown in a win over Richland Northeast.

Noah Jennings, WR, Westwood: Senior caught 11 passes for 203 yards, three touchdowns as the Redhawks defeated Midland Valley.

Naahzeikial Mays, QB/RB, Brookland-Cayce: Senior moved to quarterback duties Friday and rushed 18 times for 218 yards, three touchdowns and had 10 tackles in win over Chapin.

Eric McClain, LB, AC Flora: Junior had 16 tackles, two for loss, in the Falcons’ win over Camden.

Adonis McDaniel, WR, Ridge View: Senior caught six passes for 70 yards and also returned a kickoff 90 yards for a score in the Blazers’ win over Dreher.

Maurice McQuire, RB, Dutch Fork: Senior carried it 12 times for 191 yards and three touchdowns in a win over North Augusta.

Jesse Ross, RB, White Knoll: Carried it 19 times for 172 yards and two touchdowns in the win over South Aiken.

Kendall Stroman, WR/S, Airport: Senior had five catches for 90 yards, three touchdowns and also an interception in a win over Fox Creek.

Zeb Taylor, DE, Gray Collegiate: Sophomore had 11 tackles, three sacks, in the win over Eau Claire.

Anthony Wicker, RB, Mid-Carolina: Senior rushed 25 times for 240 yards and two touchdowns in the win over Columbia.

This story was originally published September 19, 2022 at 11:32 AM.

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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