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Bruins bruiser Dominique Sistrunk is season’s first area player of week

Northwest Whitfield's Dominique Sistrunk breaks ahead of Ridgeland's Stephon Walker (26), Markeith Montgomery (5), and Azavier Blackwell (13) on a long run during their prep football game at Ridgeland High School on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, in Rossville, Ga.
Northwest Whitfield's Dominique Sistrunk breaks ahead of Ridgeland's Stephon Walker (26), Markeith Montgomery (5), and Azavier Blackwell (13) on a long run during their prep football game at Ridgeland High School on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, in Rossville, Ga. Northwest Whitfield's Dominique Sistrunk breaks ahead of Ridgeland's Stephon Walker (26), Markeith Montgomery (5), and Azavier Blackwell (13) on a long run during their prep football game at Ridgeland High School on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, in Rossville, Ga.

There’s bad news for Northwest Whitfield football opponents, and then there’s news that might cause them to shudder.

Running back Dominique Sistrunk is back and started his junior season with a 273-yard, five-touchdown performance in a 48-29 victory at Ringgold.

For that he earned 2017’s initial honor as Waffle House prep player of the week.

“When we started in the spring he weighed 251 and got down to 240, but with his frame he could carry 270-280,” Bruins coach Josh Robinson said. “He is growing up.”

That wasn’t “has grown up.”