Week 6 of the high school football season is in the books and it was another week of outstanding performances.
Read about the Top 15 performances here and cast your vote for who you think had the best week below. Voting will be open until Thursday morning.
Delsea's Milo Gebhard was last week's top vote getter with 51.0 percentage of the 48.7K votes recorded. Delran's Joel Grinshaw and Pemberton's Joshua Dixon rounded out the top three.
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South Jersey Top Performers - Week 6
Axcel Bailey, Overbrook. The senior rushed for a career-high 283 yards and five touchdowns as the Rams reeled off a 38-35 win at Woodstown on Friday. Bailey’s 2-yard run in the fourth quarter as the decisive score. Bailey eclipsed the 100-yard mark for the fourth time this season and raised his season rushing TD total to 12. He also surpassed the 1,000-yard mark for the second straight season and pushed his career total over 3,200 yards.
Taj Boaten, Cherry Hill East. Powering the Cougars to their first win of the season, the senior running back rushed for 161 yards and two touchdowns as East maintained its grip on ‘The Boot’ trophy with a 48-14 win over crosstown rival Cherry Hill West. Boaten’s performance earned him the MVP trophy for the rivalry game. Boaten has four rushing touchdowns in three games for the Cougars after he had to sit following his transfer from Willingboro.
Jayden Boyce, Camden. The sophomore continued his breakout season with 161 rushing yards on 10 carries with a career-best four touchdowns as the Panthers rolled to a 50-14 win over Kingsway on Friday. Boyce has ran for 100-or-more yards in four games this season, including each of the last three weeks, and has 761 yards and eight TDs for the season.
Amir Culbertson, Timber Creek. The junior wideout made five grabs for 195 yards and two touchdowns to spark the Chargers’ offense as it rolled to a 56-0 win over Nottingham on Friday. Culbertson has two games of 195 receiving yards or more this season and he caught two of Keeanu Darji’s six TD passes against Nottingham.
Naeem Dale, Eastside. The senior returned under center and put up his best performance of the season, completing 10-of-17 passing for 198 yards and four touchdowns as the Tigers rattled off their fifth straight win with a 48-7 victory at Cedar Creek on Friday. Dale raised his season passing TD total to eight and his career total to 17.
Abraham Dotel, Collingswood. The senior defensive end racked up three sacks and five tackles for loss as the Panthers picked up their first victory of the season with an 18-6 decision over Woodbury on Friday. Dotel has been a nightmare for opposing quarterbacks with nine sacks, 21 tackles for loss and two forced fumbles.
Jaylen Holt-Grandy, Absegami. The senior rushed for a pair of first-half touchdowns to spark the Braves’ first win of the season – a 28-0 triumph over Pemberton.
Darius Jean-Baptiste, Florence. The sophomore put together a breakout game with 126 yards and two touchdowns on nine carries to electrify the Flashes’ 29-8 win over Gloucester Catholic.
Dante Lombardi, Triton. The senior defensive end notched three sacks as the Mustangs blanked rival Highland, 21-0, on Friday. It was Triton’s first shutout over its sister school since 2015. Lombardi has all five of his sacks in the Mustangs’ two victories this season.
Vicktor Mosher, Pennsville. The senior linebacker racked up a season-best 13 tackles and recovered a fumble as the Eagles earned a 20-17 win at St. Joseph Academy.
Rasaan Prewitt, Deptford. The junior linebacker continued to make life difficult for opposing offenses as he racked up a sack and 10 tackles, including two for losses, as the Spartans pitched their second straight shutout with a 48-0 win over Gateway on Friday. It was Prewitt’s third double-digit tackle game of the season.
Amir Roberts, Millville. The junior caught four passes for 147 yards and three touchdowns – all career-bests – during the Thunderbolts’ 38-0 win at Mainland on Thursday. Roberts has six grabs for 230 yards and four TDs this season.
Gary Simonini, Schalick. The senior linebacker produced a sack and a fumble recovery as the Cougars earned their second shutout of the season and extended their unbeaten streak to seven with a 27-0 win over Penns Grove.
Anthony Tirico, Seneca. Another week, another record-smashing performance for the senior quarterback. Tirico threw for a career-high 325 yards with a school-record five touchdowns and rushed for two more scores during a 49-16 win at Hammonton on Friday. The Marist-bound Tirico set a South Jersey record for career offensive yards with 10,281, surpassing the old mark of 10,197 set by Timber Creek’s Devin Leary in 2017. Tirico has a Burlington County-record 6,462 yards and has 100 total touchdowns for his scholastic career.
Ashton Wall, Gloucester. The senior rushed for a touchdown, caught a pass for another score, booted four extra points and ran for a two-point conversion, accounting for a total 18 points, during the Lions’ 48-20 win at Haddon Heights. The bruising back has five rushing touchdowns in his last four games and six for the season (eight total).
Tom McGurk is a regional sports editor for the Courier-Post, The Daily Journal and Burlington County Times, covering South Jersey sports for over 40 years. If you have a sports story that needs to be told, contact him by email tmcgurk@usatodayco.com. Follow him on Twitter at @McGurkSports. Help support local journalism with a digital subscription.
This article originally appeared on Cherry Hill Courier-Post: POLL: Who was the South Jersey High School Football Star of Week 6?