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Week 1: WCPO Player of the Week

TriStateFootball.com has partnered with WCPO 9 On Your Side to present the High School Football Player of the Week for the 2016 regular season. Players will be nominated from the Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky and Eastern Indiana areas.

WCPO-POWEach week 12-15 nominees will be selected from a large list of some of the area’s top performances and will be included in an online voting poll to determine a winner. The voting is open from now until Wednesday evening at 6:00 p.m. ET. Voters can vote once per hour, per IP address.

Once a player wins, they will be ineligible to be nominated a second time. All of the season winners will be recognized and receive a plaque at the TriStateFootball.com Year in Review Show in February (more details announced during postseason).

Here are this week’s nominations:

Sha’Neal Andrews, Aiken, QB – He completed 14-of-21 passes for 275 yards and five touchdown tosses and compiled 60 rushing yards and one score on the ground in his first career start as the Falcons rolled to a 56-14 victory over Bishop Brossart.

Derrick Barnes, Holy Cross, RB/LB – Barnes had seven carries for 122 yards with three touchdowns and also led the defense grabbing an interception as the Indians ambushed Walton-Verona, 44-0.

Dan Becker, Indian Hill, LB – He returned two interceptions for touchdowns in a four-minute span during the Braves wild 49-36 win over New Richmond.

Will Hausfeld, Turpin, RB/DB – The junior had 10 rushes for 102 yards and two TD’s and added a pair of receptions receptions for 20 yards. Defensively, he had five tackles and an interception in a win against McNick.

Jaden Jackson, Cooper, RB – The Jaguar amassed 251 all-purpose yards (134 rushing, 93 receiving) on 20 touches with three touchdowns in leading Cooper to a convincing 45-14 win over Newport Central Catholic.

Marquis Johnson, Purcell-Marian, DB – Johnson had a 50-yard, game-winning interception return in the final seconds of a 20-20 ball game as Purcell eked past Summit Country Day.

Tyler Knecht, Kings, QB – He accounted for all five of the Knights’ touchdowns (three rushing, two passing) and 403 yards of total offense (267 passing, 136 rushing) in a resounding win over Lebanon, 35-7.

Nick Mayer, Campbell County, WR/K – Mayer kicked the game-winning 29-yard field goal in the final seconds of the Camels’ first win over Highlands in 25 years. He also had a 94-yard touchdown reception.

Casey McGinness, Covington Catholic, RB – The Colonel scored three different ways on Thursday night vs Oak Hills. Scored touchdowns on a 47-yard run, 70-yard reception and 90-yard kickoff return as CovCath won a 56-48 shootout with Oak Hills. He finished with more than 300 all-purpose yards.

Garren Messmore, East Central, RB – He had 26 carries for 204 yards and two touchdowns as East Central retained bragging rights defeating Harrison in the annual “War on 74.”

Josiah Scott, Fairfield, DB – Scott snared two red zone interceptions to help preserve the Indians 13-7 road win at Centerville.

Trace Sword, Hamilton, K – Sword kicked the game-winning field goal with five seconds left in the Big Blue’s 17-14 triumph over Milford. Later in the evening Sword would kick the winning goal for the Hamilton varsity soccer team.

Tyler VanFossen, Lakota East, RB/K – He had a big day running for 239 yards on 26 totes, with three touchdowns as the Thunderhawks beat Loveland, 31-14. He also connected on all four of his extra points and lone field goal attempt of 32-yards, finishing with 25 of the teams 31 points.

Ollohjowon Wellington, Norwood, WR/DB – The athlete broke open the game with two kickoff return touchdowns of over 95 yards in a 50-18 victory over Madeira. He eclipsed 200 all-purpose yards in the victory.

Jarell White, La Salle, RB – The Lancer churned out 371 all-purpose yards as La Salle won a thriller 38-35 over Sycamore in overtime. White carried the ball 26 times for 153 yards with two touchdown runs, two receptions for 78 yards and had 150 kickoff return yards.

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