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Vote: Who should be SBLive's North Carolina high school football Player of the Week?

Vote from our list of nominees and let us know who you believe had the top performance last weekend in North Carolina high school football

Gary Adornato, Mike Duprez

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The 2024 North Carolina high school football season gets fully underway this weekend, after the state's private schools get the action going last weekend. Despite the limited schedule, we still had several stadout performances and we invite you to cast your vote(s) to help pick this week's North Carolina High School Football Player of the Week.

SBLive voting polls are intended to be a fun way to create fan engagement and express support for your favorite high school athletes and teams. Unless expressly noted, there are no awards for winning the voting. Our primary focus is to highlight the abilities and accomplishments of all the athletes and teams included in our poll. You can vote as often as you wish and are encouraged to share our polls with others. The use of voting bots and other forms of automated voting are not allowed. Individuals will be removed from the poll if any form of automated voting can be verified. - SBLive Sports

Voting closes at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 25th. The winner will be announced in next week's poll. Here are this week's nominees:

Zaid Lott, Junior, Providence Day

Lott waited his turn behind an All-American. Now it’s his turn. The North Carolina commit had an electrifying debut as the Chargers’ starting quarterback, completing 22-of-29 passes for 449 yards and 5 touchdowns in a 55-8 rout of Trinity Christian. Lott also ran 5 times for 21 yards and a touchdown.

Kendre Harrison, Junior, Providence Day

The national four-star prospect had a solid first game with the Chargers. Harrison is a 6-foot-7, 240-pound matchup nightmare on both sides of the ball. He caught 5 passes for 105 yards and a touchdown. On defense, he recorded 1.5 sacks, 3 hurries and 3 tackles.

Troy Logan, Sophomore, Charlotte Latin

The 6-foot, 170-pound quarterback was 19-of-24 for 270 yards and 2 touchdowns without an interception in the Hawks’ 52-20 romp over Ravenscroft.

Khalel Wright, Senior, Charlotte Country Day

Wright, a 6-foot-1 quarterback, ran 10 times for 84 yards and was 8-of-14 for 78 yards through the air as the Buccaneers rallied for a 22-21 win over Savannah Christian.

Anthony Hawkins Jr., Senior, Hickory Grove Christian

The 5-foot-8, 190-pound tailback ran 24 times for 126 yards and a pair of touchdowns in Hickory Grove’s 35-0 runaway win over South Wake. 

Hunter Boling, Senior, SouthLake Christian

The 6-foot-2 quarterback completed 6 of 12 passes for 174 yards and 3 touchdowns without an interception in the Eagles’ 54-13 rout of Grace Christian.

Seth Henry Jr., Junior, Cannon/Concord Academy

Henry ran 17 times for 89 yards and a touchdown while also catching 2 passes for 21 yards and a touchdown in the Cougars’ 24-21 loss to Cardinal Newman (S.C.).

Tucker Collins, Covenant Day

The 6-foot, 190-pound linebacker led the defense with 15 tackles and a fumble recovery as the Lions beat Harrells Christian 28-6.

Gavin Harris, Senior, High Point Christian

Harris had two interceptions and caught a 20-yard touchdown pass as the Cougars dominated Wake Christian 54-13.

DeAngelo Walker, Senior, Metrolina Christian 

The 5-foot-11 defensive back had eight tackles and an interception as the Warriors downed North Raleigh Christian 27-7.

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Gary Adornato
GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato is the Senior VP of Content for High School On SI and SBLive Sports. He began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University. In 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.

Mike Duprez
MIKE DUPREZ

Mike Duprez became a freelance sports journalist for Scorebooklive.com several months after retiring from the newspaper business. A native of Oakland, California, Duprez moved around as a child due to his father’s service in the United States Marine Corps. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981. Duprez, who lives in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, had 30 years of experience in newspapers as well as other endeavors before retiring at the end of 2021. He covers stories in both North Carolina and South Carolina for Scorebooklive.com.

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