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8. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s

There’s no way I could fit in all of the standouts from the Eaglet’s blowout win in the inaugural game on the red turf, so this spot goes to the offense and the defense. St. Mary’s scored over 50 points, and pitched the shutout to open up the 2012 season at home on a high note.

7. Josh Holloman – Auburn Hills Avondale RB

Holloman continued to impress in the Yellow Jacket backfield as he rushed for nearly 170 yards and two touchdowns to help lead Avondale to an impressive blowout win over Royal Oak on Friday night.

6. Ian Eriksen – Clarkston RB

Eriksen is becoming a regular on this weekly list and was once again dominant on Friday night as he had 30 carries and rushed for 150 yards as Clarkston stayed perfect on the season. Eriksen scored all three touchdowns on the day for the Wolves as he brought his season total up to 12 through just three games.

5. Malik Washington – Oak Park RB

Washington was unstoppable on Friday night as the star running back rushed for over 170 yards and scored four times, including a 78 yard touchdown run, to help keep the Knights unbeaten on the season with an impressive win over Rochester Adams.

4. Connor Mohr – Farmington RB

Mohr continued the trend of dominant performances out of the backfield from the Falcons and the senior rushed for over 200 yards and found the end zone and three touchdowns to go along with 130 yards and two touchdowns from Jordan Degreffenreed.

3. (Tie) Richie Wilson - Birmingham Detroit Country Day RB
Wilson rushed for nearly 200 yards against a stout Seaholm defense on Friday night as the junior running back found the end zone three times, all coming in the first half to help lead the Yellowjackets to a 35-21 win over the Maples.

3. (Tie) Jake Ginster – Walled Lake Northern RB

Ginster was a wrecking ball on Friday night as the senior running back ran over, around and through the Waterford Mott defense as he accounted for three touchdowns and played a big role in the Northern run game that accounted for over 300 yards on the ground for the night.

2. Nathan Drews – Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest QB

Drews was brilliant on Friday night as the senior quarterback accounted for 121 yards passing and four touchdowns through the air to lead the Crusaders to a rout of Oakland Christian. Drews rushed for over 140 yards on the night on just 10 carries and added another score on the ground.

1. Kyle Bambard – Walled Lake Western QB

Bambard was as clutch as it gets in the fourth quarter, as he accounted for each of the final three touchdowns for the Warriors in their win over Lakeland. The junior signal caller ran in for the game tying score near the midway point of the fourth then threw the go-ahead score to Kyle Ford a few minutes later. Bambard accounted for nearly 300 yards of total offense to go with his three scores.

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