PA NEWS PLAYER OF THE WEEK

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PA NEWS PLAYER OF THE WEKK

The Port Arthur News

Hagan Daigle, Hamshire Fannett — Passed the marsh and into the sticks of Longhorn country, this junior tailback and defensive back brought the lumber to Hardin-Jefferson on Friday night. With HF’s 35-6 win, the Longhorns improve to 3-2 overall and 1-1 in District 21-3A. It was a huge game for the Horns but no one came up bigger than Daigle, who cut through the Hawks’ defense for 172 rushing yards and two scores. On defense, Daigle made two interceptions, seven

tackles and three pass deflections, earning this week’s top-honors for player-of-the-week. Head coach Mangan said Daigle’s performance was one of the best he has seen in a long time. “He is a great player who is learning the offense. He gets better and better with the offense every week. He is averaging seven yards a carry for the season in a system that uses a platoon of backs. When he gets his touches, he makes the most of them. Maybe we should be using him a lot

more on offense, but he is just as important to us on defense. He has four interceptions this year and had five last year. He really came up big for us Friday night. That was a very important win for us.â€

Honor Roll

Warreal Grogan, Nederland — In a night where the Bulldogs destroyed Central 40-29 in Beaumont, you

could throw a dart at the Bulldogs’ roster with your eyes closed to find a player who performed well. As

much scoring that went on for the offense, it was Mr. Grogan’s defensive performance that raised eyebrows on

Friday night. Grogan returned a blocked punt for a touchdown, caused a safety, recorded six tackles, including three for sacks and batted a ball in the endzone. Head coach Larry Neumann said Grogan graded out at an 84 and had an all-around great night.

Tramain Thomas, East Chambers — Pick up a month of Monday’s newspapers and you might find one or two

weeks where Thomas doesn’t make the cut for the player-of-the-week nomination. This week, the usual offensive stud makes the honor roll for his defensive efforts in the Bucs’ 21-0 victory over Deweyville on Friday night. Thomas made eight solo tackles, five assists, one tackle for loss, grabbed two interceptions and also swatted another pass safely to the ground. Not to be overlooked, Thomas also had 123 rushing yards with one touchdown and 39 yards through the air.

Defensive unit, Memorial — The Titans’ had a total team effort from their defense in Friday night’s 50-18 destruction of Atascocita. In about six-and-a-half minutes, the game went from 15-12 in the third quarter to 38-12 because of Memorial’s defense. Terry Coleman ran in a fumble recovery for a touchdown. Earl Hines did the same and defensive back Desmond Gardiner brought back an interception for a 38-yard touchdown. After all that, the defense sacked Atascocita’s quarterback in the Eagles endzone for a safety. Memorial allowed just one first down in the second

half, and Atascocita’s only score in the second half came from its defense. Head coach Ronnie Thompson said his defense got the whole team going.

Jake Hemmings, Port Neches-Groves — The Tribe’s running game punished the Battlin’ Bears for 236 yards on 40 carries and four touchdowns in Friday night’s 41-13 thumping at the Reservation. Hemmings led the way with three scores and 110 yards for PN-G, a effort that helped improve the Indians to 3-2 overall and 2-0 in District 22-4A. Hemmings had scores of 18 yards, five yards and two yards, carrying the ball just 16 times.

Caleb Worthy, Orangefield — In a 24-14 losing effort to Jasper on Friday night, Worthy did everything in

his power on defense to keep the game close. Worthy recorded 14 tackles, including eight solos and six assists and also had an interception.