Video: Marquette Dixon's highlights vs. Alder
Watch one of this week's nominees in action from last weekend when he ran for 354 yards and five touchdowns. You vote, you decide...who had Ohio's best individual performance this past week? Who had the best team performance?
MaxPreps and JJHuddle are proud to announce that they will sponsor an athlete of the week and team of the week award in football during the 2016-2017 school year.
Each week during the season (regular and post), there will be a fan-generated contest to tab weekly winners. Each weekly winner will receive awards: a banner, bracelets and certificates.
How does it work? Fans will nominate top performances (email efrantz@maxpreps.com) and nominees will also be selected from those schools that report stats on MaxPreps. We will announce the weekly finalists (up to 10) on MaxPreps and JJHuddle every Tuesday and voting will be conducted in a special poll. Voting will cease at noon on Monday. The winners will be announced the next day along with the next week's nominees.
Vote as many times as you want. It's a competition. You can vote below.
Last week over 50,000 votes were cast.
Week 10 Football Athlete of the Week
* Tadas Tatarunas, Mentor (FINAL VOTING RESULTS)Junior quarterback complete 20-of-30 passes for 440 yards and five touchdowns in a 63-34 win over Elyria.
Week 10 Football Team of the Week
* Perry (Massillon) (FINAL VOTING RESULTS)The
Panthers rallied from a 24-3 deficit to beat host GlenOak 30-24 and win
their first outright Federal League title since 1992.
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Week 11 Football Athlete of the Week nominees
* Hunter Edwards, Nelsonville-York (Nelsonville)Quarterback completed 5-of-7 passes for 276 yards and five touchdowns and carried the ball 11 times for 205 yards and three touchdowns in a 69-22 win over Zane Trace in the D-V regional quarterfinals.
* Josh Browder, TroySenior running back carried the ball 22 times for 243 yards and five touchdowns in a 41-35 win over Anderson in the D-II regional quarterfinals.
* Jay Volpenhein, Anderson (Cincinnati)Junior quarterback completed 43-of-74 passes for 404 yards and five touchdowns and rushed for 157 yards in a 41-35 loss to Troy in the D-II regional quarterfinals.
* Rashad Mckee, Wayne (Huber Heights)Sophomore quarterback completed 12-of-14 passes for 235 yards and four touchdowns and ran for 136 yards and a touchdown on six carries in the first half of a 52-7 win over Lancaster in the D-I regional quarterfinals. Did not play in the second half.
* Jayden Cunningham, University School (Hunting Valley)Junior quarterback had 635 yards of offense in a 49-45 win over Bowling Green in the D-III regional quarterfinals. He carried the ball 31 times for 288 yards and four touchdowns and completed 23-of-41 passes for 347 yards.
* Marquette Dixon, Bishop Hartley (Columbus)Running back carried the ball 24 times for 354 yards and five touchdowns in a 35-21 win over Jonathan Alder in the D-IV regional semifinals.
* Justin Franklin, Johnstown-Monroe (Johnstown)Running back carried the ball 17 times for 275 yards and four touchdowns in a 44-17 D-IV regional quarterfinal in over Cambridge.
* Connor Gessells, Pickerington NorthReceiver caught 14 passes for 232 yards and three touchdowns in a 49-21 win over Hilliard Bradley.
Miamisburg won the first playoff game in program history last week.
Photo by Scott Reed
Week 11 Football Team of the Week nominees
* Avon LakeThe Shoremen avenged a regular season loss and beat previously unbeaten rival Avon 27-26 in the D-II regional quarterfinals.
* Olmsted FallsThe Bulldogs avenged a regular season loss and beat Midview 31-28 in the D-II regional quarterfinals.
* Philo (Duncan Falls)The Electrics went on the road and manhandled previously unbeaten Heath 42-7 in the D-IV regional quarterfinals.
* WestlakeRallied rom 34-7 and 41-14 second half deficits to stun Holland Springfield 48-41 in OT in the D-II regional quarterfinals.
* MiamisburgThe Vikings beat Kings 28-24 in the D-II regional quarterfinals to secure the program’s first playoff win.
* Garfield (Garrettsville)The G-Men recorded the program’s first playoff win with a 31-21 win over South Range in the D-IV regional quarterfinals.
* Dublin JeromeThe Celtics beat Findlay 42-7 I a D-I regional quarterfinal to record the program’s first playoff victory.
* LorainThe Titans beat Olentangy 34-14 in a D-I regional quarterfinal to win the program’s first postseason game.
* New PhiladelphiaThe Quakers got the program’s first win in its 10th playoff appearance. Beat Medina Buckeye 17-14 in the D-III regional quarterfinals.
