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Name/Pos:

Ahmad Bradshaw, Junior, RB

School:

Graham

High School

(Div 3)

District:

Southwest District

Remarks:

There were fewer nominations this week over previous weeks but the

immediate posting of Ahmad Bradshaw’s usual stellar performance may have

discouraged others. We were

delighted to see it didn’t discourage a linebacker nomination.

You would think a smaller number of nominations would have made the

decision easier but a 5 TD performance by repeat nominee Michael Pennix

made things a bit tougher along with another great repeat performance out of

Vic Hall at

Gretna

. In the end, Ahmad Bradshaw gets

the nomination for Week 4 in another very close contest.

We hope to see many more nominations in Week 5.

Each of these players had

outstanding games and your nominations and recognition of their efforts are

truly a reward in itself. These

fine football players aren’t playing for recognition so the appreciation of

their fans means a lot.

Other Nominees:

Michael Pennix (2)

Liberty

(

Bedford

)

(Runner up)

Brandon Tucker

Matoaca

Vicqual

Hall (2)

Gretna

Michael O’Brien

Stone

Bridge

Todd Goodson

Graham

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Past Nominees:

Ahmad Bradshaw

Graham

Southwest

Austin Casey

Salem

Blue Ridge

Samir Ghiri

Brookville

Seminole

Vicqual Hall

Gretna

Dogwood

John Harris

R. E. Lee (St)

Valley

Nat Jackson

Massaponax

Battlefield

John Jacobs

Broadway

Valley

Chris Locker

Orange Co.

Jefferson

Richard

Meyers

Handley

Northwestern

D.D.

Monroe

Caroline

Battlefield

Isaac

Oustland

Turner Ashby

Valley

Michael

Pennix

Liberty

(

Bedford

)

Seminole

Dillon

Reese

Grundy

Southwest

Luke

Renick

Fauquier

Northwestern

Cardell

Rosser

Rockbridge Co.

Valleyb

Pooh Sanders (2)

Northside

Blue Ridge

Joe Sanford

Monticello

Jefferson

Jeremy Saum

Spotswood

Valley

Cole Shiflett

Spotswood

Valley

Terrell Smith

Grafton

Bay Rivers

Courtney Stroble

Bluestone

Southside

Josh Verts

Handley

Northwestern

Marshall Woods

Appomattox

Dogwood

Josh Zidenburg

Poquoson

Bay Rivers

Nominations

and Comments Posted

Michael

O’Brien, QB,

Stone

Bridge

Michael O'Brien completed 10 of 16 passes for 167 yards

and two touchdowns. O'Brien also rushed for 72 yards and a touchdown. Massaponax

is a tough team and was undefeated (3-0) at the time, yet O'Brien left the

game early in the second half with the lead well in hand.

Vicqual

Hall, QB,

Gretna

My Nomination is for

Gretna

sophmore QB Vicqual

Hall. He Had another phenominal week Rushing for

165 on 8 carries and two rushing touchdowns!(He had

112 yds on 3 carries and two touchdowns rushing at

halftime)He also was 7-11 passing for 109 yds and

two touchdowns.

Brandon Tucker,

LB, Matoaca

Brandon Tucker, Junior Linebacker, from

Matoaca

High School

, should really be considered this week he had a great defensive game as

always. He had 13 tackles week 1, 12 tackles week 2, 13 tackles, a forced

fumble and 2 sacks week 3, 14 tackles a forced fumble and a fumble recovery

week 4. Thats in games against three AAA opponents

and a strong Caroline team.

Ahmad Bradshaw,

RB, Graham

Ammad Bradshaw, the running

back of Graham had 308 yards rushing on the ground, scored all 5 of Graham's

touchdowns, had 59 receiving yards.

Todd Goodson,

End/DE, Graham

Playing his first year of football (he's a junior),

Todd played the best game of his short career last night. As an end on

offense, Todd had a 30+ yard reception in the second half when Richlands

began to bottle up Graham's running game plus caught a 2-point conversion. But

that isn't why I'm listing him. On four of Ahmad's TD runs Todd was well down

field making key blocks to cleat the path to the end zone. He also laid a

crushing block on a Richlands LB that knocked the

earpiece out of his helmet. On defense, Todd got his first start at DE. He had

two sacks, several tackles for losses, and also had one pass rush (which

caused the QB to pull the ball down and take a sack). Todd also had several

good pass coverages from the DE position.

Michael Pennix,

RB,

Liberty

(

Bedford

)

Pennix had over 200 yards

rushing and 5 TD's in the 48-7 win over Rustburg.

I think that would deserve a nomination seeing as how Rustburg's defense was

supposed to be one of the best in the Seminole.

Nominations for the Player of the Week are accepted from

Saturday thru Tuesday (12 Noon) each week. To make your submission, please

visit the AA Football Messageboard and post the players name, and a detailed

account of his accomplishments.