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Prep player of the week honor roll

* Baylor: Jacob Huesman scored four TDs while rushing for 98 yards and throwing for 145 in the Red Raiders’ 41-29 loss to Ensworth.

* Boyd-Buchanan: Chase Reed ran 49 yards for a touchdown and kicked field goals of 32 and 28 yards in the Buccaneers’ 22-6 win over Marion County. Reed finished with 158 rushing yards on 20 attempts.

* Calhoun: Dustin Christian averaged better than 10 yards per carry on his way to a 190-yard, three-TD performance in his team’s 43-8 victory over previously unbeaten Dade County.

* Central: LaDarius Jackson and John Bell hooked up on a 99-yard scoring pass play and the Pounders held out to shut out East Ridge 9-0.

* Chattanooga Christian: Beau Simmons kicked four extra points, ran for a two-point conversion, returned a kickoff 90 yards for a TD and caught a 10-yard TD pass from Levi Corbett in the Chargers’ 52-20 victory at Whitwell. Simmons, a junior, had 155 receiving yards on six catches.

* Cleveland: The Blue Raiders rallied from a 14-0 deficit to a 14-14 halftime tie but then were extended to overtime by Ooltewah before clinching the win on a 3-yard Jamarcus Mobley run.

* Copper Basin: Eric Sisson rushed for 112 yards and three TDs on 11 carries before leaving the game at halftime in a 63-7 victory over Lookout Valley.

* Dade County: John Hampton rushed for 120 yards but was held out of the end zone as the Wolverines suffered their first loss of the year, 43-8 to Calhoun.

* Dalton: Tre Beck followed up last week’s 300-yard rushing performance with 210 yards and Matt Cobb got the Catamounts out to a 14-0 lead in their 33-21 win at LaFayette.

* East Hamilton: Bonza Hamilton scored the only TD of the night for the Hurricanes in a 45-7 loss to Red Bank.

* East Ridge: Stefan Nelson had 10 solo tackles, seven assists, two tackles for loss and a sack and also forced a fumble in the Pioneers’ 9-0 loss to Central.

* Grace Academy: Josh Smith kicked a 22-yard field goal in overtime and foiled a Grundy County comeback in a 31-28 victory.

* Grundy County: The Yellow Jackets rallied from a 28-13 halftime deficit to tie the game and force an overtime on Michael Nolan runs but then fell in overtime 31-28.

* Heritage: The Generals rallied with 28 fourth-quarter points — with jake Sampson accounting for three scores — in a 26-13 victory over Southeast Whitfield. Sampson ran for two TDs and passed for 109 yards and another TD as the third-year school (4-4) kept alive its hopes for its first non-losing season.

* Howard: Desmond Ford recorded a tackle for loss and a sack in the Hustlin’ Tigers’ 27-6 loss to Tyner.

* Hixson: Cardarius Holmes rushed for 145 yards but the Wildcats fell 27-21 to Brainerd.

* LaFayette: Devarus Porter was limited to 67 rushing yards but also had four catches for another 72 yards in the Ramblers’ 33-21 loss to Dalton.

* Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe: The Warriors welcomed back Daniel Deocampo and he rushed for 34 yards and passed for 47 but LFO was outdone by Sonoraville 35-3.

* Lookout Valley: Jamal Jones scored the Yellow Jackets in a loss to Copper Basin.

* Marion County: Matt Zeman scored the Warriors’ only TD in a 22-6 loss to Boyd-Buchanan.

* McCallie: Daniel McClure scored the Blue Tornado’s only TD and rushed for 62 yards.

* Meigs County: Travis Savage picked up 89 yards but no points in the Tigers’ 41-6 loss to Sequatchie County.

* North Jackson: Deuntae Johnson had two scores while rushing for 151 yards in the unbeaten Chiefs’ ninth win, a 42-14 decision over visiting and previously unbeaten Fairview.

* Northwest Whitfield: Nathan Sistrunk got his team off on the right foot by scoring on a 5-yard run midway of the first period and finished with 121 yards on 21 carries.

* Ooltewah: Goose Manning answered the challenge, rushing for 133 yards and passing for another 70, but the Owls fell short 27-21 in overtime to District 5-AAA champion Cleveland.

* Polk County: Jared Allen threw two touchdown passes and a pair of two-point conversions, ran 3 yards for a score and returned an interception for 68 yards and accounted for 28 points in the Wildcats’ 42-7 win over South Pittsburg.

* Red Bank: Donovan Hargis blocked a pair of East Hamilton punts as the Lions kept their playoff hopes alive with a 45-7 victory over the Hurricanes.

* Rhea County: With the game very much up for grabs despite a pair of Cameron Tallent TD passes, sophomore Desmond Sharp broke a 56-yard scoring run with 2:48 to play, lifting the Golden Eagles past neighbor Soddy-Daisy, 21-12.

* Ridgeland: Paul Walton rushed for 147 of the Panthers’ 223 rushing yards as they shut out Ringgold 21-0 and moved to 6-1 in Region 7A-AAA.

* Ringgold: Slade Dale passed for 79 and rushed for 31 but the Tigers were shut out by Ridgeland 21-0.

* Sequatchie County: Julius Stewart had three TDs and ran for 148 of the Indians’ 305 rushing yards in a 41-6 victory over Meigs County.

* Silverdale Baptist: Josh Bryant returned a kickoff 75 yards but the Seahawks fell to North Atlanta 35-12.

* Soddy-Daisy: Cedric Edwards rushed for 199 yards and two TDs but those were the only points the Trojans managed in a 21-12 loss to Rhea County.

* Sonoraville: Shaqeal McAfee ran for 188 yards (27 carries) and scored two touchdowns as the Phoenix defeated Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe 35-3.

* South Pittsburg: Raquis Hale scored the Pirates’ lone TD and rushed for 114 yards on 21 carries in a loss at Polk County.

* Tyner: Sean Neal ran for 109 yards on 11 carries and completed one of two passes attempts for another 41 yards as the Rams clinched the District 6-AA championship with a 27-6 win over Howard.

* Whitwell: Cole Tucker passed for 151 yards in the Tigers’ loss to Chattanooga Christian.