Etowah's Trace Thompson passes for 375 yards and 4 TDs to lead area top performers
Here are Gadsden area high school football top performers from Week 8 action and top performances from other sports from the second week of October:
Football
Friday
Collinsville's Gavin Lang caught four passes for 128 yards and three touchdowns in a 44-42 win over Westminster
Collinsville's Keaton Deboard rushed for 232 yards and one touchdown on 12 carries.
Collinsville's Mason MacAteer completed 66% of his passes for 171 yards and four touchdowns.
Etowah's Briggs Freeman rushed for 50 yards and one touchdowns on nine carries in a 45-42 loss to Cherokee County.
Etowah's Trace Thompson completed 64% of his passes for 375 yards and four touchdowns.
Etowah's Omareon Finch caught 10 passes for 144 yards and two touchdowns.
Gadsden City's Luke Waldrop completed 60% of his passes for 67 yards and one touchdown in a 55-0 over Lee.
Gadsden City's Clyde Curry caught two passes for 48 yards and two touchdowns.
Gadsden City's TJ Worthy rushed for 122 yards and one touchdown on four carries.
Geraldine's Jaxon Colvin passed for 110 yards and one touchdown in a 42-16 loss to Piedmont. Colvin also recorded a sack and a fumble recovery.
Geraldine's Carlos Mann recorded eight tackles.
Geraldine's Cody Satterfield caught three passes for 110 yards and one touchdown.
Southside's Jordan Bryan caught five passes for 85 yards and one touchdown in a 54-47 loss to Alexandria.
Southside's Gauge Nesmith completed 62% of his passes for 269 yards and four touchdowns. Nesmith also rushed for 140 yards and one touchdown.
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Girls' Cross Country
Arab's Grace Gosoline ran 18:57.72 to win the Dew It On The Trails.
Fort Payne's Anahi Barboza crossed the finish line in 18:54.83 to win the Springville Open Cross Country Meet.
Glencoe's Katie Giles won the Etowah County Championship with a time of 20:52.70.
Indian Springs' Elisa Picard finished first at the Helena Invitational with a time of 19:41.13.
Muscle Shoals' Mary Anna Trimble clocked 18:54.58 to win the James Clemens Under the Lights Cross Country Festival.
Oxford's Katie Keur ran 18:35.47 to win theHay of a Run at Fairview Town Park.
Phenix City's Abigail Garner won her second straight individual victory with a time of 19:44.82 to claim the Smiths Station Panther Invitational title
White Plains' Maddyn Conn clocked in at 19:09.67 to win the Wing and Prayer at Golden Springs Trail.
Volleyball
Thursday
Sand Rock's Bethany Davis recorded 17 digs at the Class 2A Area 13 tournament.
Sand Rock's Jadyn Foster recorded 20 kills, 26 digs, and 4 aces
Sand Rock's Zoey Handy recorded 8 kills and 4 blocks
Sand Rock's Katelyn St.Clair recorded 24 kills , 21 digs, and 10 aces
Sand Rock's Rylin St.Clair recorded 67 assists, 3 aces, and 2 blocks
Sand Rock's Chloe Stephens recorded 29 digs and 3 aces
Sand Rock's Jacey Stephens recorded 20 kills and 2 blocks
Westbook's Raylee Neal recorded four assists, one ace, and 14 digs at the AHSAA Class 3A Area II tournament.
Westbrook's Raegan Harrell recorded eight kills, one ace and two digs
Westbrook's Landri Lipscomb recorded four kills, one ace, two digs and one block.
Westbrook's Brielle Wood recorded six kills, 14 assists, four aces and six digs.
Saturday
Sand Rock's Bethany Davis recorded 18 digs at the Glencoe Invitational Tournament.
Sand Rock's Jadyn Foster recorded 34 kills, 41 digs and 9 aces
Sand Rock's Zoey Handy recorded 20 kills and 7 blocks
Sand Rock's Katelyn St.Clair recorded 54 kills, 20 digs and 7 aces
Sand Rock's Rylin St.Clair dished out 113 assists, 21 digs and 7 aces
Sand Rock's Chloe Stephens recorded 70 digs and 5 aces
Sand Rock's Jacey Stephens recorded 25 kills and 3 aces
Westbrook's Raegan Harrell recorded 39 kills, eight aces and nine digs at the Yellowjacket Invitational.
Westbrook's Landri Lipscomb recorded 11 kills, seven aces, seven digs and one block.
Westbrook's Raylee Neal recorded 11 assists, 2 aces and 56 digs.
Westbrook's Brielle Wood recorded 16 kills, 76 assists, 13 aces and 28 digs.
This article originally appeared on The Gadsden Times: Gadsden area high school football top performers for Week 8