Vote now for the week 4 Ellis County Sports Sports Player of the Week!

Travis M. Smith September 25, 2019 Avalon High School, Ennis High School, Ferris High School, Football, Italy High School, Life Waxahachie High School, Maypearl High School, Midlothian Heritage High School, Midlothian High School, Milford High School, Palmer High School, Player of the Week, Red Oak High School, Waxahachie High School 38,070 Views

Week four of the high school football season saw these four student-athletes stand just a little taller than the rest. Cast your vote early and often before the poll closes at noon Friday!

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Grant Hamby (Maypearl) -- Hamby scored on a 51-yard and 16-yard rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter to pull the Maypearl Panthers withing the 39-29 against Fort Worth Christian on Friday. Hamby ended the game with 181 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries.
Christian May (Life Waxahachie) -- Life Waxahachie running back Christian May finished the Mustangs 48-7 non-district win against Nevada Community with eight carries for 105 yards and three touchdowns. May got the scoring party started with a 67-yard touchdown run on the first play of the Mustangs second possession. He also scored a 2-yard (8:18, 2Q) and 12-yard touchdown (2:56, 2Q).
CJ Palmer (Red Oak) -- Palmer had himself quite the game for Red Oak in an upset of reigning District 6-5A champion No. 8 South Oak Cliff. The senior running back carried the football a game-high 22 times for 117 and two touchdowns. His yardage total accounted for 62.6% of the 187 total yards gained by the Hawks during the win. Palmer scored on rushes of 55 and 1 yards, respectively. This marks the second time for Palmer to be nominated for the Ellis County Sports Sports Player of the Week.
Jay Wilkerson (Midlothian Heritage) -- Heritage senior Jay Wilkerson finally posted his breakout game of the 2019 season, hauling in five passes for 187 yards and three touchdowns. Wilkerson, who holds several Division-I Power 5 offers, caught touchdown passes of 67, 47 and 65 yards in the second half to pull the Jaguars within one possession, 29-26 with 11:47 to play in the fourth quarter. Heritage went on to complete the comeback with a score late in the game for the 33-29 victory.

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