Fort Mill’s Broden Mitcheson is The Herald’s high school athlete of the week
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Fort Mill’s Broden Mitcheson is The Herald’s high school athlete of the week.
The 5-foot-8, 175-pound junior running back had 225 yards rushing and three touchdowns on 42 carries in a 42-35 win over rival Nation Ford on Oct. 31.
Mitcheson also had four catches for 31 yards in the victory.
He has 1,085 yards rushing and 12 touchdowns, while catching 20 passes for 139 yards and two more scores for Fort Mill (5-5) this season.
Last week’s finalists
Keller Brown, South Pointe cross-country: The Stallions’ senior ran a 5k in 15 minutes, 48.47 seconds to win the Region III 4A title by 28 seconds at the Historic Camden Revolutionary War site on Oct. 31.
Brown also helped South Pointe win the Region III 4A title by 37 points.
Crystal Bushman, Northwestern girls’ cross-country, Sr.: The Trojans’ senior ran 22:22.81 to win the South Pointe Last Chance meet on Oct. 31.
Bushman also led Northwestern to a team win at the same event.
Libba Faircloth, South Pointe girls’ cross-country: The Stallions’ junior ran 18:57.15 to win the Region III 4A title by nine seconds at the Historic Camden Revolutionary War site on Oct. 31.
Faircloth’s efforts also helped South Pointe to a third-place finish at the same meet.
Tayshon Freeman, York football: The 6-foot-2, 220-pound senior quarterback went 11 for 16 passing for 201 yards and a touchdown pass, while rushing nine times for 46 yards and two more scores in a 36-7 win at Lancaster on Oct. 31.
Freeman has 1,063 yards and nine touchdown passes, while also rushing 497 yards and eight touchdowns on the ground for York (4-6) this season.
Boston Halpin, Catawba Ridge football: The 5-foot-11, 210-pound junior running back rushed for 131 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries, while also catching two passes for 20 yards and another score in 22-21 win at Clover on Oct. 31.
Catawba Ridge is 5-5 overall this season.
Lillian Rivers, Northwestern girls’ golf: The Trojans’ senior shot a two-day total of 159 to finish in seventh-place individually at the The Hackler Golf Club in Conway on Oct. 27-28.
Rivers’ play also helped the Northwestern girls’ golf team to an eighth-place finish.
Payton Vining, Northwestern football: The 5-foot-10, 155-pound junior receiver had five catches for 112 yards and three touchdowns in a 51-13 win over Indian Land to win the Region III 5A title on Oct. 31.
Vining has 27 catches for 296 yards and four touchdowns for Northwestern (9-1) this season
. Note: Information published today includes statistics through November 1.
This story was originally published November 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM with the headline "Fort Mill’s Broden Mitcheson is The Herald’s high school athlete of the week."