Jayden Barnes is voted The Herald’s Football Player of the Week for Oct. 12

Lewisville’s Jayden Barnes was voted The Herald’s latest Football Player of the Week.

Barnes rushed for 166 yards on 17 carries and caught a 67-yard touchdown pass to lead Lewisville to a 14-0 win over Great Falls on Oct. 9. Barnes recovered a mishandled kickoff on the game’s opening play in the same game. The Lions (1-1) take on Lamar this week.

Barnes earned a commanding 49.9% of the 13,008 votes cast this week. Carson Black of Nation Ford finished second with 34% of the vote, and Catawba Ridge’s Jacobie Henderson finished third with 12.8% of the vote.

Football finalists

Jayden Barnes, Lewisville running back.

Carson Black, Nation Ford quarterback: The Falcons’ sophomore quarterback completed 42 of 63 passes for 434 yards and five touchdowns in a 41-40 overtime loss to Gaffney on Oct. 9. Black also had a rushing touchdown and a two-point conversion in the game. Black has passed for 1,035 yards and 12 touchdowns for Nation Ford (1-2) this season.

O’Mega Blake, South Pointe wide receiver: The Stallions’ quarterback and wide receiver threw two touchdown passes and also caught a 47-yard touchdown pass from teammate Nebanye Moore in South Pointe’s 47-0 victory over Indian Land on Oct. 9. South Pointe is 3-0 this season.

Jacobie Henderson, Catawba Ridge wide receiver: The Copperheads’ junior wide receiver had four catches for 120 yards and two touchdowns in Catawba Ridge’s 41-0 win over Lancaster on Oct. 9. Henderson, who also starts at defensive back, had four tackles, including one tackle for loss, in the Catawba Ridge (2-1) victory.

Full results

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How to nominate a player

Want to nominate an athlete? Football player of the week awards highlight high school players with outstanding performances. The goal is to recognize all athletes — both the most accomplished and the underrated or underappreciated players. If you want to suggest someone to be included in the “Football Player of the Week” voting, send an email to Jay Edwards at edwardswork23@gmail.com. Please include the athlete’s name, school, class and applicable game performance statistics. Coaches must be willing to verify information.

This story was originally published October 12, 2020 at 5:40 PM.

Alex Zietlow

The Herald

Alex Zietlow writes about sports and the ways in which they intersect with life in York, Chester and Lancaster counties for The Herald, where he has been an editor and reporter since August 2019. Zietlow has won nine S.C. Press Association awards in his career, including First Place finishes in Feature Writing, Sports Enterprise Writing and Education Beat Reporting. He also received two Top-10 awards in the 2021 APSE writing contest and was nominated for the 2022 U.S. Basketball Writers Association’s Rising Star award for his coverage of the Winthrop men’s basketball team.