USA Today is proud to announce the American Family Insurance ALL-USA Preseason High School Volleyball Team. PrepVolleyball.com founder John Tawa selected the team based on players’ performance during the 2013 high school season.

First Team

OH Khalia Lanier, 6-2, Jr., Xavier College Prep (Phoenix )

The daughter of NBA Hall of Famer Bob Lanier has had an incredible year, bookending club national championships with an Arizona Division I title last fall. Lanier, who recently committed to USC, won National Sophomore of the Year honors in 2013 from PrepVolleyball.com after recording 378 kills and 193 digs for the Gators. She is a true six-rotation threat and consummate hard worker whose motto is: “Put the extra in ordinary and be extraordinary.”

OH Alexa Smith, 6-1, Sr., Lewis-Palmer (Monument, Colo.)

PrepVolleyball.com’s 2013 National Junior of the Year, Smith is a dynamic attacker who is committed to Purdue. She led Lewis-Palmer to a 27-2 mark and Colorado’s 4A title in 2013. The USA Junior National Team member recorded 461 kills (5.1 per set) while adding 236 digs, 50 aces and 31 blocks. “Alexa has one of the highest volleyball IQs of anyone her age,” said coach Susan Odenbaugh.  “She is also a strong player because of the composure that she exudes on the court.”

S/RS Jordyn Poulter, 6-1, Sr., Eaglecrest (Centennial, Colo.)

Poulter was named “Best Setter” last month as the USA Junior National Team won the Gold Medal at the NORCECA U20 Continental Championships. In high school, Poulter, an Illinois recruit, is a versatile talent who led Eaglecrest in assists, aces and blocks last year while also contributing heavily in kills and digs. She brings size and athleticism to the setter position, and is a highly skilled athlete who grades out at one of the world’s best at her position.

S/RS Kathryn Plummer, 6-5, Jr., Aliso Niguel (Alisa Viejo, Calif.)

A member of the USA Youth National Team indoors and a recent FIVB world champion on the beach, Plummer, who is uncommitted, is the rare talent at 6-5 who can set, hit and block, all at an elite level. She amassed 245 kills, 99 blocks and 392 assists for the 23-3 Wolverines last year and will be a key cog in Aliso Niguel’s push for a Southern Section title in the fall.

MB Mikaela Foecke, 6-3, Sr., Holy Trinity Catholic (Fort Madison, Iowa)

A beastly hitter and top-five national recruit, Foecke dominated Iowa small-class volleyball last fall to the tune of 760 kills, 145 blocks, 90 aces and 275 digs. Her team was upset in the Iowa Class A final, but that did not stop Foecke, a member of the USA Junior National Team and a Nebraska recruit, from taking home Gatorade Iowa Player of the Year honors. Foecke also was recognized as National Junior of the Year by MaxPreps.

MB Audriana Fitzmorris, 6-6, Jr., St. James (Lenexa, Kan.)

Fitzmorris was a key reason St. James went undefeated, won a sixth straight Kansas state title and claimed PrepVolleyball.com’s mythical national championship in 2013. Fitzmorris is a crazy good all-around player who recorded 392 kills last fall while hitting an astounding .592. A member of the USA Junior National Team this summer, Fitzmorris has been offered by virtually every elite collegiate program in the country, but it is uncommitted. “She is crazy talented and her ceiling is so high,” said coach Nancy Dorsey.  “She hasn’t even begun to scratch the surface of how good she can really be. She can hit, block, set, pass, serve and even play defense.”

D Molly Sauer, 5-7, Sr., Assumption (Louisville, Ky.)

Named “Best Receiver” and “Best Digger” at the NORCECA U20 Continental Championships, this USA Junior National Team member and future Louisville Cardinal has perfect passing posture and catlike reflexes. She recorded 277 digs and 39 aces in a loaded backcourt for the Kentucky state champion last fall. If Assumption wins again in 2014, it will be because of defense, with Sauer front and center.

Second Team

OH Molly Haggerty, 6-0, Jr., St. Francis (Wheaton, Ill.), committed to Nebraska

OH Micaya White, 6-1, Sr., Centennial (Frisco, Texas), committed to Texas

MB Tionna Williams, 6-2, Sr., Concordia Lutheran (Fort Wayne, Ind.), committed to Wisconsin

MB Alison Bastianelli, 6-2, Sr., Marysville (Mich.), committed to Illinois

S Samantha Seliger-Swenson, 5-11, Sr., Hopkins (Minnetonka, Minn.), committed to Minnesota

S/RS Kylie Pickrell, 6-0, Sr., Coppell (Texas), committed to Arizona State

D Amber MacDonald, 5-4, Sr., Blessed Trinity (Roswell, Ga.), committed to Wisconsin

Third Team

OH McKenna Granato, 5-11, Sr., Punahou (Honolulu), committed to Hawaii

OH Yaasmeen Bedart-Ghani, 6-3, Sr., Redondo Union (Redondo Beach, Calif.), committed to Texas

MB Ronika Stone, 6-2, Jr., Valley Christian (San Jose, Calif.), not committed

MB Brooke Morgan, 6-5, Sr., Dike-New Hartford (Dike, Iowa), committed to Wisconsin

S Jenna Gray, 6-0, Jr., St. James Academy (Lenexa, Kan.), not committed

S/RS Brie Orr, 5-10, Soph., Eagan (Minn.), not committed

D Jenna Lerg, 5-4, Sr., Mercy (Farmington Hills, Mich.), committed to Michigan

Buster Davis at Florida State (left) and at Mainland (Daytona Beach, Fla.) / Associated Press, Tom Lemming.

USA TODAY has been recognizing the nation’s top high school athletes for more than 30 years. As we prepare to announce the 2014 American Family Insurance ALL-USA Football Team in a few months, we’ll dig into the archives and check in with ALL-USA honorees from the past three decades. Today, we’re catching up with MacArthur (Hollywood, Fla.) football coach Buster Davis, who was an ALL-USA linebacker in 2001 from Mainland (Daytona Beach, Fla.), who went on to be a captain at Florida State and an NFL linebacker.

Buster Davis knew he was accepting a challenge when he became the head football coach at MacArthur (Hollywood, Fla.) this past March. The Mustangs have had only two winning seasons in the past 10, with an overall record of 33-76. MacArthur’s region includes Miramar, which is looking to make it to the state title game for the third time in the past six years.

A lot of the talented football players in MacArthur’s school district are already gone, having fled to Miramar or Hallandale or private school powers such as St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale). Davis may have scared a few others off with his tough talk as well.

“They haven’t experienced success in years,” Davis said by phone after teaching an economics class. “We have an old-school mentality. I’m rough. I want greatness on every play. It’s going to be a process. You get the players to believe what your system is and once you get a few wins under your belt, you develop a program where players don’t want to leave.”

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Davis said he’s willing to be patient, to do things the right way. At this point in his career, he wants a little consistency.

Davis played for four NFL teams from 2007 to 2009: the Arizona Cardinals; Detroit Lions; Indianapolis Colts, and Houston Texans. After being cut by the Texans in 2009, his first coaching experience was as the secondary coach at Glenville (W.Va.) State in 2010. The next season, he became the linebackers coach at the University of South Dakota.

“I didn’t know him that well when I hired him,” said former South Dakota coach Ed Meierkort. “I knew of him, with my son being a huge Seminoles fan. We had just gone from Division II to (Football Championship Subdivision) Division I and I was trying to surround myself with former Division I players, hoping some of that would rub off on the other players. He’s a Florida kid, through and through, and we had a number of Florida kids on our team. He communicates well with kids. Guys who have played at a high level can communicate what it takes to compete.”

When Meierkort was fired after a 6-5 season in 2011, Davis was also out of a job. He spent the 2012 season as the head coach at Duval Charter (Jacksonville), then lasted only a few months before resigning as the head coach at Admiral Farragut (St. Petersburg), a few months before the 2013 season. Last season, he was the defensive coordinator at Lakeview (Campti, La.), before returning this March to his home state for the job at MacArthur.

“Anywhere you go, you have to pull out some positives, even if it was not the best situation for you,” Davis said. “When you’re dealing with amateurs, you’re dealing with parents. Ultimately, I would like to coach in college but I do like the high school experience. It has been a good deal for me. I enjoy seeing kids take knowledge that you’ve gained and apply it on Friday. I think I am a better coach than I was a player. It’s not all about the X’s and O’s. Sometimes, it’s about the Jimmies and the Joes.”

MacArthur started the season Aug. 21 with a 45-7 loss to Monarch (Louisville, Colo.), which won a state championship in 2012, last week at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Friday, the Mustangs play at Hallandale.

“I did it for the experience, the experience of playing an out-of-state team,” Davis said of the Monarch game. “I knew what we were in for when we evaluated film on them. That game taught my kids you have to be physical on every play. Down here, with all the spread offenses, that kind of power-I football doesn’t exist. We wanted our kids to play every play and not quit.”

When he needs advice or inspiration, Davis said he’ll call former Florida State coach Bobby Bowden or John Maronto, his former coach at Mainland (Daytona Beach).

Meierkort, who now lives in Central Florida, saw MacArthur’s game with Monarch.

“The team they were playing was a lot more established,” Meierkort said. “I think Buster can get kids motivated. As a former NFL and big-time player, you have to dummy it down a little. He has done a good job with delegating authority with his assistants. That’s a sign of maturity.”

Starkville, Miss., quarterback Brady Davis has throw nine touchdown passes in two games this season. Photo by Thomas Brown for Starkville High School.

A little change of scenery has made all the difference for Starkville, Miss., quarterback Brady Davis. Last season, as a junior at New Hope (Columbus), he threw for 2,626 yards and 23 touchdowns, but with the Trojans finishing 4-7, he had only a smattering of Division I offers, including none from the Southeastern Conference. He committed in June to Memphis.

In February, his mother Rhonda moved the 24 miles from Columbus to Starkville, allowing him to transfer to the Yellow Jackets, who made it to the state 6A quarterfinals last season. On Friday, he completed 21 of 32 passes for 411 yards and six touchdowns to lead No. 32 Starkville to a 52-29 defeat of Oxford, which had been ranked No. 1 in the state.

“He’s much more of a pocket guy, though he’s certainly capable of running,” Starkville coach Jamie Mitchell said. “He’s a big-time thrower for sure. He’s had probably a dozen mid-major offers but we’re still hoping there will be bigger offers for him. He’s 6-4, 190 and I feel like he’s going to have good things happen for him.”

Though he’s only been with the team a short while, it helps Davis that he also ran a no-huddle spread last season. It also doesn’t hurt that Starkville has plenty of weapons in running back Matt Fuller and receivers Raphael Leonard and A.J. Brown.

“He’s a highly intelligent kid,” Mitchell said. “He’s done a good job of picking things up. He’s surrounded by a bunch of good players, but he’s the straw that stirs the drink.”

VIDEO: Davis throws six touchdowns against Oxford

Through two games, Davis is 32-for-50 for 594 yards and nine touchdowns with one interception.

“I think he did a great job,” Oxford coach Johnny Hill said. “I’ve faced him four years now and he looked like a quarterback against us. We didn’t put any pressure on him and he got very comfortable.”

Davis leads our list of American Family Insurance ALL-USA Performances of the Week. The rest of the list:

Jake Browning, QB, Folsom, Calif.

Senior, who has committed to Washington, passed for 511 yards and seven touchdowns with no interceptions in a 55-10 defeat of Cathedral Catholic (San Diego) on Friday.

Tianna Friese, girls soccer, Marantha Christian, Brooklyn Park, Minn.

Junior forward scored five goals and had two assists in her team’s 7-0 defeat of PACT Charter (Ramsey) on Thursday.

Jesse Hubbard, DB, Sardis, Boaz, Ala.

Senior grabbed four  interceptions, including one in the end zone in the final minute, to preserve his team’s 21-16 defeat of Sylvania. He also ran for a touchdown.

Andrew Kakaley, LB, Hickory Grove, Charlotte

Junior had 11 tackles and two sacks in a 27-7 defeat of Wake Christian (Raleigh) on Friday. In his team’s first two games, he has 29 tackles.

Kyler Murray, QB, Allen, Texas

Senior, who has committed to Texas A&M, completed 19 of 30 passes for 393 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 106 yards and three touchdowns on seven carries to lead the No. 4 Eagles to a 55-41 defeat of Guyer (Denton) on Friday.

Grant Petersen, RB, Bondurant-Farrar, Bondurant, Iowa

Senior ran for a school-record 386 yards and six touchdowns in a 42-6 defeat of North Polk (Alleman). He also had an interception.

VIDEO: Petersen gets the game ball following defeat of North Polk

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Moses Reynolds, QB, Jay, San Antonio, Texas

Junior completed 15 of 26 passes for 297 yards and three touchdowns and ran 11 times for 278 yards and four TDs in a 66-45 defeat of Breckenridge (San Antonio) on Friday.

Ben Taylor, QB, Valley, Hazelton, Idaho,

Junior ran for 114 yards and three touchdowns and passed for 173 yards and four touchdowns in a 58-14 defeat of Castleford on Friday.

Jo Jo Wicker, DT, Long Beach Poly

Senior had six sacks in the No. 25 Jackrabbits’ 54-14 defeat of Crenshaw (Los Angeles) on Saturday.

Anthony Williams, cross country, South, Bloomington, Ind.

Senior won the Conference Indiana 5K meet Saturday with a time of 15 minutes, 47.1 seconds, to edge Columbus North (Columbus) senior Seth Williams, who finished in 15:52.2.

Dave Szott, after 14 years as an offensive guard in the NFL, is the New York Jets director of player development. Photo courtesy of New York Jets.

USA TODAY has been recognizing the nation’s top high school athletes for more than 30 years. As we prepare to announce the 2014 American Family Insurance ALL-USA Football Team in a few months, we’ll dig into the archives and check in with ALL-USA honorees from the past three decades. Today, we’re catching up with New York Jets director of player development Dave Szott, who was an ALL-USA offensive lineman at Clifton, N.J., in 1985 and went on to play for Penn State and three NFL teams, including an All-Pro season with the Kansas City Chiefs in 1997.

Dave Szott started all but six games in 14 seasons while playing offensive guard for the Kansas City Chiefs, Washington and New York Jets, but as the Jets’ director of player development, he reminds players the NFL also stands for Not For Long.

“What other business would have an occupation encouraging people to look into another form of work?” Szott says. “We’re essentially HR directors. We focus on helping our new players into the game and preparing our older players to transition out of the game. We work with continuing education, financial education and career development, figuring out what they want to do when football is done. We’ve done everything from coaching internships to outside internships.”

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Szott, 46, prepared for the physical pounding of playing on the offensive line by growing up in Clifton with two older brothers who were wrestlers and football players. His oldest brother, Ed, was a Division III All-American offensive lineman at St. Lawrence University. His other brother, Kevin, despite being legally blind since he was 10, played football for St. Lawrence, was a strength coach at Penn State and won three Paralympic gold medals.

“It was a very physical house,” Szott says. “Both of my brothers drove me and Kevin was particularly ruthless in challenging his younger brother. He was very successful and very driven. He’s a guy today who takes two trains to work because he can’t drive. I would look at him and say, if he can do it, why can’t I?”

Szott started as a freshman at offensive guard at Penn State, but was moved to defense as a nose tackle his sophomore and junior years.

“I was asked to move and I moved over for the team,” Szott says. “I knew it was a selfless act. I liked defense, but I did not love it. People say you get to hit on defense, but I would argue on the offensive line, you get to do it every play. On defense, you get to hit if you’re lucky on a given play. On the line, you’re able to hammer all day.”

He moved back to the offensive line as a senior and was drafted in the seventh round by the Chiefs in 1990.

“At the time, only 10 percent made it in the league among seventh-rounders,” Szott said. “I was totally sold on and focused on making the club and took it a practice and a day at a time.”

Because his first mini-camp with the Chiefs was that spring, he left Penn State shy of a degree but continued taking classes in the offseason until he graduated six years later.

“I had a backup plan if I didn’t make it,” Szott said. “I thought I would end up coaching and teaching at a local high school.”

Sticking around in the league became even more important in 1995, when he and his wife Andrea had their first child, Shane, who was born with cerebral palsy.

“When you are thrust into the world of disabilities, it’s not something you sign up for,” Szott said. “It was a difficult, long journey. Because of my wife’s strong faith, we were able to persevere through it. I had the easy part because she had to deal with it all day and I got to go off to work. I would go to practice, then come straight home. Shane’s taught us more than we could teach him. It’s not easy, but afterward, you’re much better for it.”

Shane’s medical needs were a factor in Szott’s deciding to sign with the Jets in 2002.

“When the door opened to play for the Jets, I got to finish my career at home,” Szott said. “Plus, the medical and educational services for Shane were much more extensive here. The owner, Woody Johnson, has been fantastically supportive of me in my career.”

After Szott retired as a player in 2004, then-Jets coach Herm Edwards offered him a job as an assistant offensive line coach on a reduced schedule, allowing Szott to spend more time at home. When the job became a full-time position under then-Jets coach Eric Mangini in 2006, Szott became the team’s chaplain for two years. He became the team’s director of player development in 2008 when the Jets moved their practice facility to Florham Park, only 10 minutes from Szott’s house in Morristown.

Though he has a few aches and pains left over from his years in the trenches, he says he’s relatively healthy, especially since the 6-4 Szott has dropped 30 to 35 pounds from his playing weight of 290.

Working so close to home, he’s enjoyed getting to coach his second son, Josh, in youth football.

“As his coach, I was definitely harder on him than anyone else,” Szott said. “That’s what’s hard for a son of a coach. You see a lot of things they do wrong.”

Josh, who is 6-3 and 170, is a sophomore football and basketball player now at  Delbarton School (Morristown, N.J.).

“I try to be realistic with him, that only 1.2 percent of college players get to have a career in the NFL,” Szott says. “Even at Penn State, only two or three played in the NFL for more than three years. How you tell someone that and not kill their dream? I tell him he has to continue to prepare and dream but also prepare for the worst. If he could make it to an NFL practice team, I would be thrilled because I know how hard that is.”

Szott’s latest challenge is he and his wife have recently begun giving foster care to a baby girl.

“I can get up at 6 a.m. or 5 a.m., but the 1 and 2 a.m. feedings, I can’t do that anymore and function,” Szott says. “I was hoping we would foster an older child, but my wife had other plans. She was 10 days old when we brought her home. We had a little bassinet and a few other things, but now the house looks like Babies R Us.”

Meigs (Pomeroy, Ohio) running back Mike Davis ran for 352 yards and eight touchdowns and caught a touchdown pass in a 79-69 defeat of Fairland (Proctorville) on Friday.

Michael Davis overcame cramps and an offensive onslaught to lead Meigs (Pomeroy, Ohio) to a 79-69 defeat of Fairland (Proctorville) Friday night.

Starting quarterback Cody Bartrum was out with an injury, so Davis played running back, quarterback, wide receiver, and cornerback, scoring nine touchdowns, including eight runs and one touchdown catch, managing 531 all-purpose yards.

Meigs coach Mike Bartrum, a former NFL long snapper and tight end, put Meigs in several Wildcat packages and set Davis loose. The Marauders needed all of the senior’s exploits as Fairland quarterback Chance Short threw for 602 yards and seven touchdown passes.

“I was fortunate to play 13 years in the NFL and I have never been a part of a game like that,” Coach Bartrum said. “The kids gutted it out. Players were cramping all over the place. Michael did not play most of the third quarter because of cramping but sucked it up. He’s a committed kid who wants to play college football.”

Davis started cramping on the first play of the third quarter, so he was told to drink pickle juice and mustard.

“I am not a mustard fan but I would drink anything to be able to play,” Davis said. “It must have worked because once it started to work, I didn’t cramp the rest of the way.”

At 5-10 and 170 pounds, Davis doesn’t have any major offers.

“I’ve had a few offers and I plan to play in college somewhere,” Davis said. “I plan to live in the weight room and be 190 pounds by the time I enter college.”

Davis skipped playing basketball this past season to concentrate on football.

“We would have been proud to have that as a basketball score,” Meigs athletic director Ron Hill said. “Who would have thought that the other team would score 69 points and lose? Michael is your basic small, thin, football player. He’s tough and real quick. They could not put a hat on him. He would go into a pileup and then come out the other end.”

For his efforts, Davis leads the American Family Insurance ALL-USA Performances of the Week. The rest of the top performances:

Julia Angelo, volleyball, Palm Harbor (Fla.) University

The sophomore outside hitter had 25 digs and 15 kills in a 3-0 defeat of Riverview (Sarasota) on Sept. 2 and had 13 kills, 21 digs and four blocks in a 3-1 defeat of Seminole on Thursday.

Jake Browning, QB, Folsom, Calif.

Senior threw six touchdown passes and ran for a touchdown in a 49-13 defeat of Clovis North (Fresno) on Friday. His second touchdown pass gave him 147 for his career, setting a new state record for touchdown passes. The old mark was set by Jimmy Clausen of Oaks Christian (Westlake Village).

Samantha Dewey, football-soccer, Triton Central, Fairland, Ind.

Senior tied the game with her extra point and hit the game-winning field goal in a 17-14 defeat of Lutheran (Lutheran) on Friday. The next day, she scored six goals for Triton Central’s girls soccer team in a 11-2 defeat of Monrovia.

Kiante Enis, RB, Winchester, Ind.

Junior ran for 383 yards and six touchdowns on just 16 carries in a 47-0 defeat of Hagerstown on Friday.

Eric Mitchell, DE-RB, Central Tech, Erie, Pa.

Senior had a safety and blocked two punts, returning one for a touchdown and ran for an 82-yard touchdown in a 41-27 defeat of General McLane (Edinboro) on Saturday.

VIDEO: Big run by Eric Mitchell

Quarte Sapp, LB, Milton, Ga.

Senior had 10 tackles, a safety and returned one of his two interceptions for a touchdown in a 27-0 defeat of Norcross on Friday.

VIDEO: Sapp highlights

Tyson Spencer; LB, Flower Mound, Texas

Senior had 23 tackles, forced two fumbles, recovering one and had three tackles for loss with a sack in a 19-17 defeat of Keller on Friday.

Alex Stueve, RB, East, Sioux City, Iowa

Senior ran for 182 yards and a city-record seven touchdowns, including six touchdowns in the first half of a 56-14 defeat of West (Sioux City) on Friday.

Christian Von Ruden, RB, Bethlehem Academy, Fairibault, Minn.

Senior ran for 351 yards and six touchdowns in a 38-20 defeat of United South Central (Wells) on Saturday.

VIDEO: Von Ruden against United South Central

Jacques Patrick, right, takes a handoff from Blake Barnett during The Opening football event in Oregon.
Photo: Steve Dykes-USA TODAY Sports

As we get ready for the ALL-USA football team at the end of the season, we periodically will check on how American Family Insurance ALL-USA candidates are doing. This week, a look at running back Jacques Patrick of Timber Creek (Orlando).

Wow factor: The 6-2, 230-pound senior ran for 305 yards and five touchdowns in a 50-20 defeat of Boone (Orlando) last week. The week before, in a 24-13 loss Dr. Phillips (Orlando), the No. 1 team in the state Class 8A rankings, Patrick had 143 yards and a touchdown. Unlike some backs who play in smaller classifications, Patrick’s team goes against the largest schools in the state every week.

Recruiting rankings: No. 2 running back with Rivals.com, No. 3 by ESPN/Scouts.com and 247Sports.com, No. 5 by Signingday.com, No. 7 by Scouts.com

Coach’s take: “He’s a big, physical back who can also run away from people. He hop-stepped a kid in the hole last week, then landed on his feet and burst into a full sprint. Boone thought they had a good plan last week and put nine on the front line. We blocked a body on a body and once he got to the next level, you don’t catch him. With him, we’re going to run the ball this year. I’d be stupid not to.” – Timber Creek coach Jim Buckridge.

On video: Unlike some big backs, he makes sure to run with a forward lean. Many of his big runs begin with him running over or through somebody and then breaking away with his speed.

Career statistics: He has 5,839 yards and 73 touchdowns in just over three seasons.

Recruiting craziness: He has more than 50 offers and said he will announce his decision on Oct. 27, the birthday of his younger brother, Peter Hayes. Speaking of his younger brother, the Seminoles and Ohio State have already extended an offer to Hayes, who is in the eighth grade.

“I look at (the recruiting attention) as a blessing,” Patrick said. “I would rather have coaches calling me than coaches not calling me. It gets annoying when they call you during the week. I am pretty busy as it as. I am in school, I have football practice and I am taking online classes to graduate early.”

Patrick said the funniest thing about his recruiting is when he made a visit to FSU and saw a fan wearing a T-shirt with Patrick’s likeness.

Leaning: He recently had a visit to Ohio State but most recruiting services show him as a likely Florida State signee, followed closely by Alabama.

Football connection: His older brother, Javonte Seabury, is a freshman wide receiver at Western Michigan.

Farmerville, Calif., quarterback Sam Metcalf threw seven touchdowns and set a Central Section career record in a 50-21 defeat of Woodlake on Friday.
Photo by Rhea Quitasol/Visalia Times-Delta

Farmersville, Calif., quarterback Sam Metcalf is fast becoming comfortable with his team’s no-huddle spread offense. He threw for 481 yards and seven touchdowns in a 50-21 defeat of Woodlake on Friday, setting a Central Section career record for passing yards (9,411) in the process.

“Because Sam is a four-year starter, the game has really slowed down for him,” Farmersville coach Gil Gonzales said. “He’s most comfortable when things are going quickly. He’s like a hummingbird out there and he can see all of his reads.”

Metcalf has been a team captain since he was a sophomore. Now a 5-11, 180-pound senior, he’s adept at rolling out to his left and making a good throw across his body. That’s not by accident.

“My freshman year, I got criticized a lot because I couldn’t go to my left,” he said. “That’s something I’ve worked on. I have had the opportunity to play varsity for four years. The first year, you’re learning and the game seems so fast. You get a couple of years under your belt and the game slows down. I also have some good coaches in my ear.”

He led the Aztecs to the Central Section Division VI championship last season after three consecutive runner-up finishes. Though the team has moved up to Division V this year, Gonzalez said the Aztecs have the team to be successful again,

“We could still make a serious run,” Gonzales said. “We have two 1,000-yard receivers who came back. Sam is fitting into the role as the face of the program and that’s something we’ve talked a lot about.”

“Obviously, the goal is to get back to where we were, game by game,” Metcalf said.

Despite his record numbers, he hasn’t had a lot of interest from colleges, other than a look or two from Eastern Washington and Fresno State.

“He has the skill and the numbers and he has the heart,” Gonzales said. “He’s also been to a couple of camps. I’m kind of surprised he hasn’t had more looks.”

For his efforts, Metcalf leads the American Family Insurance ALL-USA Performances of the Week. The rest of the top performances:

Rylan Arihood, RB, Rensselaer, Ind.

Senior ran for five touchdowns and caught a touchdown pass, all in the first half of a 77-0 defeat of Tipton on Friday.

VIDEO: Arihood’s highlights against Tipton

Robert Brandt, cross country, Loyola, Los Angeles

Senior, who has committed to Cal, set a course record in the Rosemead (Calif.) Invitational on Saturday, finishing the three-mile course in 14 minutes, 1.14 seconds.

VIDEO: Brandt talks about his victory at Rosemead

Deshawn Capers-Smith, QB, Warren Easton, New Orleans

Senior, who has committed to Texas A&M, passed for 402 yards and five touchdowns and ran for 77 yards and two TDs in a 59-14 win Sunday vs. West Jefferson (Harvey).

VIDEO: Capers-Smith talks about game vs. West Jefferson

Jenna Collier, girls soccer, Timothy Christian, Piscataway, N.J.

Senior scored four goals in a 5-1 defeat of South Amboy on Friday. She scored three goals in a 4-1 defeat of South River on Sept. 8.

Kyler Murray, QB, Allen, Texas

Senior, who has committed to Texas A&M, passed for five touchdowns and ran for a touchdown in a 58-28 win Friday at McKinney Boyd (McKinney).

Tyric Solomon, DB, Jones County, Gray, Ga.

Junior had three interceptions, returning two for touchdowns, in a 43-6 defeat of Greenbrier (Evans) on Friday.

Trent Stone, RB, Holt, Mich.

Junior ran for 301 yards and seven touchdowns in a half in a 69-28 defeat of Lansing Eastern (Lansing) on Friday.

VIDEO: Stone’s highlights against Lansing Eastern

Carson Williams, WR, Gruver, Texas

Senior had 15 catches for 355 yards and six touchdowns and kicked three extra points in a 45-28 defeat of Texhoma, Okla., on Friday.

Brandon Wimbush, QB, St. Peter’s Prep, Jersey City

Senior, who has committed to Penn State, passed for 348 yards and five touchdowns and ran for a touchdown in a 49-20 win Thursday vs. Bergen Catholic (Oradell).

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West Virginia Power outfielder Austin Meadows. Photo by Chris Dorst/ The Charleston Gazette

USA TODAY has been recognizing the nation’s top high school athletes for more than 30 years. As we prepare to announce the 2015 American Family Insurance ALL-USA Baseball Team next summer, we’ll dig into the archives and check in with ALL-USA honorees from the past three decades. Today, we’re catching up with Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder prospect Austin Meadows, who finished this past season with the Class A West Virginia Power of the South Atlantic League and was an ALL-USA first-team outfielder from Grayson (Loganville, Ga.) in 2013.

Austin Meadows’ offseason was a little longer than he would have liked, but once he began playing, he made up for lost time.

Meadows, who was the No. 9 pick in the 2013 draft, injured his hamstring in spring training this year and didn’t play his first game until June 30 because of the injury. The 19-year-old hit .278 in a seven-game stint in rookie ball, then went 1-for-8 in his first two games with the West Virginia (Charleston, W.Va.) Power of the Class A South Atlantic League.

“Hitting-wise, facing those guys at first, I was struggling,” Meadows said. “I had not seen that type of pitching talent. Once I started getting in the games, I started getting a real good feel of it, playing every single game.”

In his third game with the Power, he went 3-for-5 and was on his way. He finished the season on an 11-game hitting streak, batting a team-leading .322 with and was second on the team with a .486 slugging percentage.

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“I am very happy how my season turned out and looking forward to next year,” Meadows said. “I am glad the Pirates were patient with my injury.”

Though the hamstring injury was frustrating, it may have been a blessing in disguise.

Meadows was an ALL-USA first-team outfielder at Grayson (Loganville, Ga.) in 2013.

“I talked with my hitting coach while I was down there and he talked about going for some of those good outside pitches and driving them into gaps, plus going with the inside pitch,” Meadows said. “I couldn’t do field work, so mainly, I just hit every day.”

MORE: Meadows hits his first homer this season

While the Pirates would have liked to see Meadows stay healthy over the whole season, they were pleased with his progress.

“I think he finished up on a great note,” said Larry Broadway, the Pirates’ director of minor league operations. “Our goal for any first-year player from high school or our Dominican Academy is to lay a foundation for professionalism, what it means to be a professional player, how they take care of their body. We missed some of that from a physical standpoint because he had a tweaked hamstring and it drug on. We wanted to get more foundational at-bats, but at the same token, he learned how to deal with his adversity, how to work on getting better every day and be challenged with staying in it. Then he went to West Virginia and closed up strong.”

Meadows’ path to being the Pittsburgh Pirates’ starting center fielder isn’t an easy one. The Pirates already have a 27-year-old four-time All-Star at the position in Andrew McCutcheon (who was an ALL-USA player at Fort Meade, Fla. in 2005), plus At 6-3 and 200 pounds, Meadows ultimately may grow to be too big for the position.

“If his speed doesn’t go away, he’ll be a center fielder,” Power manager Michael Ryan told the Charleston Gazette. “He has the ability to play the corners too in case your center fielder in the big leagues is locked up for the next 10 years. He’s got a strong arm, very accurate. He’s got super power to all fields, a good downward path through the ball, good balance at the plate – just a recipe for a guy who can hit in the middle of the order.”

The left-handed hitting Meadows showed preternatural patience at the plate for a young player, striking out only 33 times in 164 at-bats this season while walking 19 times. He hit only .190 against lefties, but was .375 against right-handers.

“I don’t take a whole lot of stock into his not being better against left-handers,” Broadway said. “As a young guy, playing in a league that is dominated by guys who are out of college, he had not seen a lot of left-handers before with good stuff. He’s going to learn through that. There’s no red flags because the number of bats against a left-hander was so small anyway.”

Meadows wasn’t drafted for his power as much as he was for his hitting and his speed. However, he has 10 homers in 341 at-bats over two seasons.

“I’m trying to be aggressive at the plate,” Meadows said. “I feel like I adjusted pretty well to the next level.”

“There’s going to be power there,” Broadway said. “That will be the last thing that comes. His ability to make consistent contact will translate into power.”

St. Peter’s Prep (Jersey City) quarterback Brandon Wimbush, who has said he will sign with Penn State, has thrown eight touchdown passes in two games.

As we get ready for the ALL-USA football team at the end of the season, we periodically will check on how American Family Insurance ALL-USA candidates are doing. This week, a look at quarterback Brandon Wimbush of St. Peter’s Prep (Jersey City).

Wow factor: The 6-1, 212-pound senior needed only the first quarter to set the tone in a 49-20 defeat of a good team in Bergen Catholic (Oradell) last week. He was 9-for-10 with 136 yards and three touchdowns en route to 348 yards and five touchdowns through the air and one rushing touchdown. For the season, he has completed 26 of 34 passes for eight touchdowns and no interceptions. His team is No. 7 in the Super 25 football rankings.

Recruiting rankings: No. 2 pro-style quarterback with Rivals.com; No. 5 dual threat quarterback with 247Sports.com and ESPN/Scouts.com; and No. 11 overall quarterback by Scouts.com

Coach’s take: “I think he’s totally familiar with the offense. He understands the nuances. Out of his first eight drives, seven were scores. He had us in the right play. He’s always had the physical skills, but now he’s matured and takes what the defense gives him. He’s been one of those kids, because he has such a great arm, he has a little bit of a gunslinger mentality. He’s grown from that. I expect him to make a poor decision here and there, but overall, he’s smart enough to understand you can’t just chuck it. That was a problem last year. He has the great ability to extend a play and make chicken salad out of chicken soup.” – St. Peter’s Prep coach Rich Hansen.

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On video: Though Wimbush can run, he’s more of a pro-style quarterback than a dual threat because he’s comfortable in the pocket with a cannon for an arm. He has nice, steady feat with a quick release. Appears patient in waiting for his reads and doesn’t seem to panic.

Others take: “St. Peter’s Prep has a lot of reasons to love him. One, he’s a smart kid. I thought he did a great job of making great decisions against us. He gets the ball out fast, he’s accurate and great with his feet. At times last year, his delivery was a little long, but he’s been working hard to improve that.” – Bergen Catholic coach Nunzio Campanile

Sand Creek (Colorado Springs) running back Daniel Quin ran for nine touchdowns in his team’s 68-62 defeat of Air Academy (Colorado Springs) on Friday.

One person responsible for ensuring that Sand Creek (Colorado Springs, Colo.) running back Daniel Quin had a big game Friday was Air Academy (Colorado Springs) quarterback Adam Brown.

Because Brown was busy passing for a state-record 589 yards and seven touchdowns, Quin needed to run for 553 yards and nine touchdowns to ensure a 68-62 win for Sand Creek.

“They threw and caught the ball great,” Sand Creek coach Rod Baker said. “It was a perfect storm for both offense. There is going to be a lot of building self-esteem this week for our secondary and their front seven on defense.”

Counting his touchdowns and three two-point conversion runs, Quin accounted for 60 of his team’s points.

VIDEO: Quin’s 2013 highlights

“We weren’t worried that he would be tired,” Baker said. “He’s in pretty good shape and we run a no-huddle offense. When you’re doing that offensively, it’s fun. When it’s happening to you, that’s when you’re exhausted.”

Quin a 5-7, 190-pound senior, doesn’t have blazing speed, but he’s elusive and not a lot of fun to bring down.

MORE: Last week’s ALL-USA Performances of the Week

“He’s kind of like tackling a fire hydrant,” Baker said. “Once a defensive back sees him, they’re not sure they want to tackle him.”

Quin was a little sore Monday considering he carried the ball a state-record 64 times on Friday. His yardage total was good for No. 3 in the state all-time and his nine touchdowns tied him at No. 2 for a state record.

Quin and Brown lead our American Family Insurance ALL-USA Performances of the Week. The rest of the top performances:

Jake Browning, quarterback, Folsom, Calif.

Senior, in a little over a half, threw for 362 yards and seven touchdowns in a 61-13 defeat of Burbank (Sacramento) on Friday.

Kolton Ehlers, quarterback, Cooper, Lubbock, Texas

Senior ran for 150 yards and four touchdowns and passed for 260 yards and three touchdowns in a 50-39 defeat of Stephenville on Thursday.

 Louis Faillace, wide receiver, Elder, Cincinnati

Senior had 11 catches for 126 yards in his team’s 21-14 upset of then-No. 3 St. Edward (Lakewood) on Saturday.

Jacob Johnson, quarterback, Ridgeview, Redmond, Ore.

The senior completed 19 of 38 passes for 364 and tied a state record with eight touchdown passes in a 61-51 defeat of Hood River Valley (Hood River) on Friday.

Weini Kelati, cross country, Heritage, Leesburg, Va.

Freshman won the Oatlands Invitational on Saturday in Leesburg, despite stopping twice during the meet to tie her shoe. She won the 3.1-mile race in 18 minutes and 12 seconds.

McKenzie Tenney, soccer, Mahar, Orange, Mass.

Sophomore striker scored her second hat trick of the season and had an assist in a 5-0 defeat of Ware on Monday. She has 10 goals and nine assists through six games.

Alexis Thomas, volleyball, Fairfield, Ohio

Senior setter had 42 assists, 28 digs, four blocks and seven kills in a 3-1 defeat of Lakota West (West Chester) on Wednesday. On Tuesday (Sept. 15), she had 32 assists, 14 digs, eight kills and five aces in a 3-1 defeat of Monroe.

Jordan Wright, running back, Pearl, Miss.

Senior had 44 carries for 409 yards and nine touchdowns in a 69-54 defeat of Bastrop, La., on Friday, tying the state record set by Randy Bell of Maben in 1998.

Justin Young, defensive end, Grayson, Loganville, Ga.

Senior, who has committed to Georgia, had four sacks, including one on fourth down that clinched a 13-7 defeat of Parkview (Lilburn) on Friday.

Derek Jeter as a high school ALL-USA shortstop at Kalamazoo (Mich.) Central in 1992.

Editor’s note: With Derek Jeter facing his final regular-season home game as a New York Yankee on Thursday, we’re re-running the American Family Insurance ALL-USA All-Time Baseball team that originally ran last year. The statistics for the players have been updated through this season.

USA TODAY has been selecting the nation’s best high school athletes since 1982 and baseball players since 1989. USA TODAY Sports’ Jim Halley selected an all-time American Family Insurance ALL-USA team based on former ALL-USA players’ baseball careers after high school. Based on accomplishments alone, Alex Rodriguez would have made this list, but because he admitted in 2009 to past performance-enhancing drug use, was left off.

NOTE: Only players who were named USA TODAY ALL-USA in high school were eligible for this team. Many of today’s stars, including former Fort Osage (Independence, Mo.) all-state selection Albert Pujols and Venezuela native Miguel Cabrera, were not ALL-USA selections.

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Captain, Derek Jeter, IF
Fourteen-time All-Star has the most hits of any active major leaguer. He holds Yankees career records for hits, games, steals, at-bats and singles. Has won five gold gloves and five Silver Slugger awards and has played more postseason games than anyone. Was the 1992 ALL-USA Player of the Year from Kalamazoo (Mich.) Central.

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Josh Beckett, RHP
Three-time All-Star was named 2003 World Series MVP with the Florida Marlins. He also helped the Boston Red Sox win the World Series in 2007, when he won his first seven starts en route to a 20-7 season. He was the ALL-USA Player of the Year from Spring, Texas, in 1999.

Adrian Gonzalez, IF
Four-time All-Star has won three Gold Gloves at first base. Was a first-team ALL-USA player at Eastlake (Chula Vista, Calif.) in 2000.

Cole Hamels, P
Three-time All-Star and 2008 World Series MVP was a second team ALL-USA Player in 2002 at Rancho Bernardo (San Diego). The two pitchers picked for the first team that year were Scott Kazmir and Zack Greinke.

Josh Hamilton, OF
Five-time All-Star and 2010 American League Most Valuable Player. One of only 16 players to hit four homers in a game. Was an ALL-USA player in 1999 at Athens Drive (Raleigh, N.C.).

Matt Holliday, OF
Six-time All-Star and 2007 NL batting champion, he helped lead the St. Louis Cardinals to the World Series in 2011, the same season he had an emergency appendectomy. He is credited with the longest homer ever at Busch Stadium with a 469-foot shot July 20, 2012. Was also an outstanding quarterback at Stillwater, Okla., where he was named second-team ALL-USA as a baseball player in 1998.

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Clayton Kershaw, LHP
Four-time All-Star and two-time National League Cy Young Award winner reached the majors less than two years after he was named the 2006 ALL-USA Player of the Year from Highland Park (Dallas).

Joe Mauer, C
Six-time All-Star and three-time Gold Glove winner was the American League MVP in 2009 and has won three AL batting titles. In the 2000-01 school year, he became the only athlete to be the ALL-USA Player of the Year in multiple sports, winning in football and baseball at Cretin-Derham Hall (St. Paul).

Justin Upton, OF
Two-time All-Star won a National League Silver Slugger award in 2011. Was the ALL-USA Player of the Year in 2005 at Great Bridge (Chesapeake, Va.). Played in his first major league game when he was 19.

Kerry Wood, RHP
National League Rookie of the Year in 1998 had 200 or more strikeouts in four of his first five seasons and was a two-time All-Star. He shares the record for strikeouts in a nine-inning game with 20. Was a first-team ALL-USA pick at Grand Prairie, Texas, in 1995.

David Wright, IF
Seven-time All-Star and two-time Gold Glove winner has a career .300 batting average and has hit double-digit homers every season until this season. Was an ALL-USA first team player out of Hickory (Chesapeake, Va.) in 2001.

Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables encourages Clemson linebacker Tony Steward. Associated Press photo

Tony Steward was an ALL-USA linebacker at Menendez (St. Augustine, Fla.) in 2010. Photo by Tom Lemming

USA TODAY has been recognizing the nation’s top high school athletes for more than 30 years. As we prepare to announce the 2014 American Family Insurance ALL-USA Football Team in December, we’ll dig into the archives and check in with ALL-USA honorees from the past three decades. Today, we’re catching up with Clemson linebacker Tony Steward, who was an ALL-USA linebacker at Pedroe Menendez (St. Augustine) in 2010.

When Clemson’s football team plays host to North Carolina on Saturday, Tigers linebacker Tony Steward will be expected to help his team slow an offense that is averaging 42.7 points a game.

Stopping the Tar Heels requires a lot of patience, the willingness to stay in assigned lanes. Steward has had to develop patience out of necessity.

Coming out of Pedro Menendez High in St. Augustine, Fla., he was labeled as a can’t-miss recruit, ranked higher by recruiting services than Tim Tebow, who had come out of neighboring Nease (Jacksonville) a few years prior.

But knee injuries can humble even the best of players. He tore his anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in December of his senior year at Menendez and then as a freshman, blew out the ACL of his other knee during a punt return drill in October. Though he got back on the field as a junior, it was not until this fall when Steward, now a senior, finally became a starter.

“I think Clemson middle linebacker Stephone Anthony helped me a lot when I got injured,” Steward said. “He kept reassuring me that everything was going to be OK. It makes it much easier when you have help. I just kept telling them to keep doing what he’s doing. I couldn’t wait to be on the field to be next to him. Now, we’re finally on the field together.”

Steward, a 6-foot, 235-pound weakside linebaker, is third on the team with 16 tackles, and says he’s more confident than he has been in years.

“At the beginning of my junior year, I started getting that confidence back,” he said. “It helped by just getting out there and playing, even if it was on special teams and knowing the worst thing that could happen is I would hurt my knee and I could deal with that.”

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said Steward has come through all of his injuries with a tougher mindset.

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“It’s not just that he’s had tough injuries, but it’s when they’ve happened,” Swinney said. “He misses a good bit of his senior year, and then fights back and gets five games into his freshman season and gets hurt again. He misses two whole springs in a row and is set back from that. Then he gets back fully healthy and he’s behind a guy like Spencer Shuey, who’s just not going to give it up. I’m proud of him. He’s a man – a full-grown man. And he has a toughness about him that not many young men have.”

All the time on the sidelines may have made Steward a smarter player as well.

“I think I understand the game more,” Steward said. “That helps me be more of a complete player. I understand what I need to do on the defense. The time off has made me hungrier to get back on the field. It allowed me to sit back and observe everybody’s attitude and you see different things. I think the toughest part of being hurt is coming back is such a long process.”

Steward’s younger brother, Halem, is now a senior linebacker at Menendez and while not as highly recruited as his older brother, has a good shot to play as a Division I linebacker.

“I try to talk with him as much as I can,” Steward said. “I know that he’s pretty busy. I think the biggest lesson is to just enjoy recruiting and do what he feels he need to do.”

Hylton (Woodbridge, Va.) running back Ricky Slade had eight touchdowns in a 66-41 defeat of Patriot (Nokesville) on Friday.

For someone who’s only played four high school football games, Hylton (Woodbridge, Va.) running back Ricky Slade is already drawing a lot of attention.

Slade, a 5-10, 173-pound freshman, ran for five touchdowns, had two touchdown catches and ran back a kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown to help lead the Bulldogs (3-1) to a 66-41 win at Patriot (Nokesville) on Friday. Though he hasn’t had an opportunity to play many full games, he has 16 touchdowns.

“He hasn’t had any official offers, but he’s been seen by Ohio State, Florida and UVA (Virginia),” said his father, Ricky Slade, Sr. “They know who he is. He’s on their radar, but they’re waiting to see how he plays this year.”

Slade’s coach, Tony Lilly, played at Florida and was a safety for two Super Bowl teams with the  for the Denver Broncos. Though Slade didn’t join the team until summer practices, Lilly had an idea of what kind of player Slade could be.

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“I knew he was an exceptional athlete,” Lilly said. “I had seen some of his film from middle school and from league play. He did things that showed his talent.”

Slade has worked with personal trainer Kevin Johnson, who also trained 2013 ALL-USA defensive lineman Da’Shawn Hand of Woodbridge, now a freshman at Alabama.

“He’s done some things with Ricky in preparation from an explosion standpoint and with lateral quickness,” Lilly said. “But then, there are some natural traits that Ricky has that nobody has to coach, such as his vision on the field. I am very excited about watching the growth of this player to see where he’s going to go.”

MORE: Last week’s ALL-USA Performances of the Week

Lilly says Slade reminds him of someone he played alongside with at Florida.

“He reminds me of Emmitt Smith,” Lilly said. “He’s a strong kid with tremendous balance. He runs low to the ground. When I watch him run, he understands when to accelerate. He understands he has to get to the second level fast.”

Slade leads the American Family Insurance ALL-USA Performances of the Week. The rest of the top performances:

Parker Carmichael, QB, Triway, Wooster, Ohio,

Senior completed 43 of 51 passes for 496 yards and eight touchdowns in a 56-20 defeat of Fairless (Navarre) on Friday.

Skyler Duley, RB, Joplin, Mo.

Senior had seven touchdowns, including an 88-yard return on the opening kickoff, a touchdown catch and five touchdown runs, including the final go-ahead score, in a 49-48 defeat of Waynesville on Friday.

VIDEO: Duley’s performance against Waynesville

Calvin Heinman, soccer, Mater Dei, Breese, Ill.

Senior striker had back-to-back hat tricks to lead his team to a 7-0 win at Greenville on Sept.23 and a 5-0 defeat of Freeburg on Thursday.

Jalen Hurts, QB, Channelview, Texas

Junior passed for 373 yards and four touchdowns and ran for 181 yards and five touchdowns in a 70-49 defeat of Memorial (Port Arthur) on Friday.

Soso Jamabo, RB, Plano West, Plano, Texas

Senior ran for seven touchdowns in a 62-30 win at Boyd (McKinney) on Friday. He has run for 20 touchdowns this season.

Kolby Jones, LB, Lake Stevens, Wash.

Senior had 20 tackles and an interception in a 41-21 defeat of Snohomish on Friday.

VIDEO: Kolby Jones highlights

Duke Kinamon, QB, McIntosh, Peachtree City, Ga.

Senior threw for 375 yards and seven touchdowns and ran for 147 yards and a touchdown in a 56-28 win at Morrow on Friday.

VIDEO: Duke Kinamon highlights from this season

Nathaniel Loging, RB, Wautoma, Wis.

Senior set a state record with 524 rushing yards on just 14 carries, including six touchdowns, in a 62-7 defeat of Wisconsin Dells on Friday.

VIDEO: Loging’s highlights against Wisconsin Dells

Amaris Tynismaa, cross country, Montgomery (Ala.) Catholic Prep

Eighth-grader won the Montgomery Academy Invitational on Saturday in 17 minutes and 28 seconds. She was three minutes and 10 seconds ahead of runner-up Tara Katz of Montgomery Academy.

Nixa’s Logan Tyler dives into the end zone for a touchdown during Friday’s win over Ozark. (Photo: Nathan Papes/Springfield News-Leader )

Logan Tyler did not drive the Nixa, Mo., team bus Friday to its football game at Ozark, but he did nearly everything else for the Eagles in a 38-0 win.

The junior is known most for his kicking and he didn’t disappoint there, making his lone field goal attempt, a 35-yarder. He also sent all seven of his kickoffs into the end zone for touchbacks, averaged 44.5 yards a punt and connected on all five of his extra-point attempts. That would be a pretty good day, but he also played part of the time at quarterback, scoring on a 3-yard run to cap one drive. He also returned an interception 32 yards for a touchdown. In all, he scored 18 of his team’s 31 points in the first half.

MORE: Last week’s American Family Insurance ALL-USA Performances of the Week

“I would consider him as a football player,” Nixa football coach Rich Behagen said. “He does a lot for us. His greatest strength is his versatility. He’s able to do a lot of things in our offense. On defense, at times he’s a linebacker and at times, he’s a defensive back. I think at the end of a 48-minute game, he’s extremely tired because he’s done a lot of things and plays a lot of snaps.”

Tyler’s performance leads the American Family Insurance ALL-USA Performances of the Week. The rest of the top performances:

Kyle Banks, QB, North Paulding, Dallas, Ga.

Junior threw for 568 yards and six touchdowns, surpassing 2,000 passing yards for the season, in a 49-35 defeat of Harrison (Kennesaw) on Friday. He also ran for a touchdown.

Alex Burger, QB, Cotopaxi, Colo.

Sophomore threw two TD passes and ran for eight in an 83-56 defeat of Antonio on Friday.

Grant Fisher, cross country, Grand Blanc, Mich.

Senior won the Portage Invitational in Portage, Mich., on Saturday, finishing in 14 minutes and 43 seconds, just a second off the meet record set by Dathan Rizenhein,

Ricky Geiser, Jr., QB, Coleville, Calif.

Junior ran for 197 yards and three touchdown and passed for 181 yards and four touchdowns in a 46-30 defeat of Excel Christian (Sparks, Nev.) on Saturday.

Hannah Kitchens, volleyball, Bessemer (Ala.) Academy

Senior middle hitter helped her team defeat Tuscaloosa Academy on Sept. 29 and Coosa Valley Academy (Harpersville) on Sept. 30 with 29 kills, 23 assists and 14 blocks over the two matches.

Xavier McCollum, RB-LB, Winfield, Ala.

Senior ran for 249 yards and four touchdowns and led his team with 10 tackles on defense in a 43-14 defeat of Hanceville on Friday.

VIDEO: McCollum’s big game against Hanceville

Chawntez Moss, RB, Bedford, Ohio

Junior ran for 294 yards and seven touchdowns in a 55-36 defeat of Lorain on Friday.

VIDEO: Season highlights for Moss

Mitch Millard, RB-QB, Wallace, Idaho

Junior ran for 304 yards and eight touchdowns on just 11 carries in a 72-48 defeat of Clark Fork  on Friday.

VIDEO: Millard season highlights

Allie Ostrander, cross country, Kenai Central, Kenai, Alaska

Senior won the state 4A 5K cross country meet at Bartlett Trails with a meet record time of 17 minutes and five seconds, 1:38 ahead of the next runner. It was her third state cross country title.

VIDEO: Ostrander dominates at state meet

Colorado State Rams running back Dee Hart runs against Tulsa defensive end Chris Hummingbird (46) during the first quarter of a college football game Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014, in Fort Collins, Colo. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

USA TODAY has been recognizing the nation’s top high school athletes for more than 30 years. As we prepare to announce the 2014 American Family Insurance ALL-USA Football Team in December, we’ll dig into the archives and check in with ALL-USA honorees from the past three decades. Today, we’re catching up with Colorado State running back Dee Hart, who was an ALL-USA running back for Dr. Phillips (Orlando) in 2010.

A good running back waits for an opening, then takes advantage of the opportunity. Dee Hart had to wait a little longer than most.

Coming out of Dr. Phillips (Orlando), Hart was considered the No. 1 all-purpose running back recruit in the country by Rivals.com. His senior year in 2010, he had a state-record 50 touchdowns to help the Panthers to a 14-1 record. He set 23 school records and amassed 7,405 total yards in his career. Along with Dr. Phillips teammate Ha-Ha Clinton Dix, he signed with Alabama.

A good student at Dr. Phillips, Hart was able to enroll early at Alabama and scored a touchdown in Alabama’s spring game in 2011. That July, however, he tore his anterior cruciate ligament during a 7-on-7 drill and was forced to miss the rest of the season while the Tide went on to win the national championship. Alabama won the title again in 2012 as Hart played in the first five games and was just starting to make a name for himself when he tore the ACL in his other knee while returning a punt.

The second injury, combined with Alabama’s depth of talent at running back, set Hart back.

For a while, he lost a little of his breakaway speed, his confidence and his spot on the depth chart.

“The grind (of rehabilitation) was the toughest part,” Hart said. “I think the biggest thing for me was getting up every day and getting my leg ready for rehab.”

Last season, he had only 22 carries, averaging 3.5 yards a carry, with one touchdown. While he rode the bench, his friend, Clinton-Dix, emerged as a star free safety and became a consensus All-American.

In February, Hart was stopped by Tuscaloosa police and charged with possession of marijuana and for giving a false name. When the news broke, Alabama announced that Hart had not been with the team since a month earlier, following the Tide’s Sugar Bowl loss to Oklahoma.

Colorado State Rams running back Dee Hart (10) celebrates his touchdown in front of wide receiver Joe Hansley (25) in the third quarter against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane at Hughes Stadium. Photo by Isaiah J. Downing, USA TODAY Sports

“I learned a lot from that,” Hart said. “No matter how hard you work, you have to do the little things right, including being accountable outside of football. You have to be accountable at all times.”

Instead of leaving Alabama in shame, Hart stayed and went back to class. In May, he saw Clinton-Dix get drafted No. 21 overall by the Green Bay Packers. Two months later, Hart got his degree, the first in his family to graduate from college. He mailed his diploma to his grandmother, Josephine Hart, who had raised him.

“My grandma was always on me to make something out of myself,” Hart said. “It was a blessing to get my degree and still play football.”

The day after his graduation, he drove to Colorado State, to play for Rams coach Jim McElwain, who had recruited Hart to Alabama. As a graduate student, Hart was eligible to transfer from Alabama and play right away, as a junior athletically.

His first game, Hart led the Rams to a 31-17 defeat of Colorado, running for 139 yards on 27 carries with two touchdowns and a team-high three catches for 35 yards. Back in Atlanta, his former Alabama teammates watched the game on TV and cheered.

“We’re happy for him,” said Alabama defensive back Nick Perry. “He had a couple of injuries in his first couple of seasons here, so to see him out there and show the world what he can really do is exciting. We were all happy. We were all in hotel jumping up and down when he was scoring his touchdowns.”

Two weeks ago, Hart rushed for 117 yards in a 24-21 win at Boston College and last week, Hart ran for a career-high 143 yards and two touchdowns in a 42-17 defeat of Tulsa. He leads the team with 475 yards and a 7.4 yards per carry average.

“He did what he’s supposed to do,” McElwain said after the game, then joking he could take Hart in a race. “That foot race we’re going to have will be a dandy. But he’s a good football player and I’m glad he’s playing for the Rams.”

Hart said his time at Alabama helped set him up for his success this year.

“Being at Alabama taught me that school and football is like a job,” he said. “You have to do things out of the ordinary to get the job done. The biggest thing I miss here is my family. Sitting at Alabama made me more of a patient runner, making sure I have the blocks in front of me and being more mental about a lot of things.”

Higley (Gilbert, Ariz.) sophomore quarterback Mason Crossland set two state passing records in a 95-75 defeat of Apache Junction on Friday. Photo courtesy of Higley High football.

Mason Crossland wasn’t the opening-game starting quarterback this season for Higley (Gilbert, Ariz.), but once Tyler Bloom went down with a knee injury in the first game of the season, Crossland has filled in pretty well, leading the Knights to a 6-1 record.

On Friday, Crossland completed 23 of 31 yards, tying a state record with nine touchdown passes and setting a state record with 641 passing yards, in a 95-75 defeat of Apache Junction.

“All throughout our summer 7 on 7s, Mason had been coming along with the varsity,” Higley coach Eddy Zubey said. “We knew he was a good quarterback. But, I don’t think you’re ever going to expect somebody to throw nine touchdown passes and for 461 yards.”

Generously listed at 5-7 and 140 pounds, Crossland isn’t fielding any Division I offers, but he’s only a sophomore and handling Higley’s no-huddle offense with aplomb. The curious thing will be next season how the quarterback battle goes between Crossland and Bloom, who is a 6-5 junior and has fielded interest from major colleges.

“Mason doesn’t have Tyler’s height and there are some things that Tyler can do that he can’t, but Mason can make all the throws on the field,” Zubey said. “We don’t run Mason as much because he’s smaller in stature, but he does run every now and then to keep them honest. We get a lot of personal fouls calls for us when he runs because when they tackle him, he’s so short, they usually end up hitting his head.”

Crossland’s game leads our American Family Insurance ALL-USA Performances of the Week. The rest of the top performances:

Jake Browning, quarterback, Folsom, Calif.

Senior, who has committed to Washington, passed for eight touchdowns in a 63-6 defeat of Nevada Union (Grass Valley) on Friday.

David Feldman, soccer, Hamilton, Mont.

Scored five goals and had two assists in a 7-1 defeat of Frenchtown on Thursday.

Sonny Harris, running back, Hillgrove, Powder Springs, Ga.

Senior had 28 carries for 314 yards and eight touchdowns in a 72-46 defeat of North Paulding (Dallas) on Friday.

Sukhi Khosla, cross country, Leon, Tallahassee, Fla.

Senior won the FSU Invitational pre-state race in 14 minutes and 59 seconds.

D’Eriq King, quarterback, Manvel, Texas

Junior passed for 313 yards and four touchdowns and ran for 98 yards and two touchdowns in a 62-35 defeat of Dawson (Pearland) on Friday.

Matthew Merrick, quarterback, Cistercian Academy, Irving, Texas

Senior completed 20 of 35 passes for 335 yards and eight touchdowns in a 65-49 defeat of St. John’s (Houston) on Friday.

Michelle Monger, volleyball, Fergus, Lewistown, Mont.

Senior had 19 digs, 11 kills and two blocks in a 20-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-15  defeat of C.M. Russell (Great Falls) on Thursday.

Will Latimore, running back-defensive back, Walton-Verona, Walton, Kent.

Senior RB-DB returned two interceptions for touchdowns and had five carries for 106 yards and two touchdowns in a 68-7 win Friday at Gallatin County (Warsaw).

VIDEO: Latimore runs wild against Gallatin County

Noah Peterson, golf, East Longmeadow, Mass.

Sophomore shot a 66 at Franconia Golf Course in Springfield on Friday to win his second consecutive Pioneer Valley Interscholastic Golf Conference title.

Kansas City Royals infielders Eric Hosmer (35) and Mike Moustakas (8) celebrate after defeating the Baltimore Orioles in game four of the 2014 ALCS playoff baseball game at Kauffman Stadium. Photo by Peter G. Aiken, USA TODAY Sports

Eric Hosmer and Mike Moustakas already knew what it was like to play championship baseball long before they led the Kansas City Royals to their improbable 8-0 playoff run to the World Series.

Moustakas was the starting shortstop as a freshman on the 2004 Chatsworth, Calif., team that went 35-0 to finish as the No. 1 team in the Super 25 high school baseball rankings. He hit 52 homers in his career at Chatsworth and was an American Family Insurance ALL-USA first-team player in 2007, his senior year. Hosmer was a first-team ALL-USA player as a senior in 2008 as American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.)  went 31-2 to finish as the top Super 25 team,

The Royals haven’t been to the World Series since 1985, but if they have one edge, it is in former ALL-USA baseball players, where Hosmer and Moustakas give them a 2-0 advantage against the San Francisco Giants.

Moustakas was taken as the No. 2 pick overall by the Royals in 2007. Hosmer was selected by the team as the No. 3 overall choice in 2008.

The first minor league team they played together on was the 2009 Wilmington Blue Rocks of the Class A Carolina League, coached by Brian Rupp.

Mike Moustakas hit 52 homers in four seasons at Chatsworth, Calif. Photo by Andy Holzman/Staff Photographer

“Those two did connect and maybe it had something with being a first-round pick,” Rupp said. “As you can probably tell, they both have that desire to win. Moose is a little meaner about it and Hosmer is a little quieter, but I think they connected.”

Besides their lofty draft status, they were both signed by agent Scott Boras. Each reached the majors quickly. Hosmer was 21 and considered the best first baseman prospect in the minors when he was called up to the Royals in 2011. Moustakas led the minors in homers in 2010 and was called up in 2011, when he was only 22.

Despite high expectations, both have struggled at times this season. Moustakas was sent down to AAA Omaha in May after starting the season with a .152 average. Though he finished with 15 homers, he hit only .212 in the regular season.

“Fortunately or unfortunately, we had a lot of success while he was in high school,” Chatsworth coach Tom Meusborn said. “Moose has grown up in that environment. It’s difficult for him to go through struggles where he’s not doing well and the team isn’t doing well. He takes it personal and feels he needs to put everything on his shoulders.”

Hosmer was hitting only .195 by June and though he finished the regular season hitting .270, he had only nine homers. He also spent time in Omaha, though he was sent there for rehabilitation in September after breaking his hand.

All of that was forgotten, though, in the American League Division Series. Moustakas hit the go-ahead homer in the 11^th inning in Game 1. Hosmer hit a two-run homer in the 11^th in Game 2 and in the series clincher, each homered in an 8-3 win.  They’ve each come around at the right time. Hosmer is hitting .448 in the postseason while Moustakas had a team-leading four homers in the postseason.

“It’s been a lot of fun,” Hosmer told USA TODAY Sports’ John Perrotto on Monday. “You go through all the ups and downs — and we’ve had our share of downs — then you make it this point and you just appreciate it so much. The organization had a vision and we’ve reached that vision.”

Hosmer was an ALL-USA first-team player in 2007 at American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.). Photo Michael Laughlin, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

“I think sometimes it’s good to be young,” said Todd Fitz-Gerald, Hosmer’s coach at American Heritage, now a coach at Douglas (Parkland, Fla.). “Those two have short-term memories and not a lot bothers them now. I know Mike well because he’s been over our place, like Eric. Both of those guys are very confident and have a lot of enthusiasm for the game.”

Rupp said though he now coaches in the Washington Nationals’ system, he gets a kick out of seeing what Hosmer and Moustakas have done.

“I love the guys that I have coached who are doing well,” Rupp said. “I try to follow them. It’s kind of like the proud father. You hope you have a little piece of that success.”

Meusborn said that Moustakas is modest but even in high school, possessed a “quiet arrogance” that has helped him through his struggles.

“We were telling a story last night in study hall,” Meusborn said. “We were playing Hart (Santa Clarita) in a close game. He was going to lead off the inning and I was telling him, when you get to first, I’ll take you out for a pinch runner so you can go to the bullpen and get warmed up as the closer. He said, ‘Hey coach, let me just go hit this home run and then I’ll go to the bullpen.’ First pitch, he hits a homer and then jogs down, high fives the guys in the bullpen and gets loose.”

Columbian (Tiffin, Ohio) tailback  Cliff Miller had 10 touchdowns to lead his team to an 83-82 overtime defeat of Shelby on Friday. Photo by Pat Gaietto/The Advertiser-Tribune

With the game in the balance, there wasn’t a lot of mystery Friday who would be carrying the ball for Columbian (Tiffin, Ohio). Senior tailback Cliff Miller had just scored his 10th touchdown of the night, but Shelby led 82-81 in overtime and the Tornadoes needed a two-point conversion to put the game away. Miller delivered with a run, finishing the game with 517 yards.

“We ran the same play four times in overtime,” Columbian coach Brian Colatruglio said.”We scored a touchdown in three plays with it and used it for the conversion. With the way they were scoring, we weren’t going to let them touch the ball again.”

Miller had given his team a comfortable 75-54 with just under eight minutes to go, scoring on eight touchdown runs and a 70-yard kickoff return. But Shelby, buoyed by three successful onside kicks, got back into the game with three late touchdowns. In overtime, Shelby went ahead on a 5-yard run by quarterback Brennan Armstrong, but Miller responded with a 99-yard touchdown run to set up his winning two-point conversion and give the Tornadoes a 83-82 win.

It is Miller’s first season as a tailback for Columbian as he played defense last season.

“We’ve had a lot of good tailbacks lately,” Colatruglio said. “He’s waited his turn on offense.”

As glad as he was to get teh win, Colatruglio said giving up 82 points gave him fits.

“My brother is the defensive coordinator, so I can yell at him,” Colatruglio said. ‘I would rather not see anything like that again.”

Miller leads the American Family Insurance ALL-USA Performances of the Week. The rest of the top performances:

Jacob Basinger, running back, Pandora-Gilboa, Pandora, Ohio

Senior ran for 343 yards and had seven touchdowns (six rushing and one receiving) in a 52-13 defeat of North Baltimore on Friday. He also scooped up a fumble on defense.

Bree Bednarski, field hockey, Wyoming Center, Exeter, Pa.

Junior broke a school record with eight goals in an 11-0 defeat of Elk Lake on Oct. 16. She has 40 goals this season.

Alex Bertrand, running back and linebacker, Maine Central Institute, Pittsfield, Maine

Junior ran for 106 yards and three touchdowns and had an interception and 10 tackles, including a sack, in a 46-18 defeat of Orono on Friday.

Brea Dickey, softball, Collins Hill, Suwanee, Ga.

Senior outfielder went 9-for-9 with four runs and two RBI in an 11-3, 17-5 doubleheader sweep of Shiloh (Snellville) in the state playoffs on Oct. 15.

Cutrell Haywood, defensive back-wide receiver, Stagg, Stockton, Calif.

Sophomore had four intereceptions and caught three touchdown catches in a 55-20 defeat of McNair (Stockton) on Friday.

Bennie Higgins, defensive end, Greenwood, Miss.

Senior had 10 tackles, including five sacks in a 42-0 win Friday vs. Gentry (Indianola).

Tucker Israel, quarterback, Lake Nona, Orlando

Clemson commit completed 39 of 51 passes for 659 yards, a state single-game record, and eight touchdowns, in a 59-42 defeat of St. Cloud on Oct. 16.

Georgia Wicker, volleyball, Woodstock, Ill.

Sophomore libero had 33 digs in two games in a defeat of Woodstock North (Woodstock) on Oct. 16.

Dalton Wood, quarterback, McAlester, Okla.

Oklahoma commit ran for 195 yards and three touchdowns, passed three for three touchdowns and returned a kickoff for a touchdown in a 63-20 win on Oct. at Noble.

Justin Hilliard is one of four American Family Insurance ALL-USA players named as semifinalists for The Butkus Award, given to the top high school linebacker in the country. Gannett photo.

Malik Jefferson, Leo Lewis, Jeffery Holland and Justin Hilliard, four American Family Insurance ALL-USA preseason football players, were among the 15 high school linebackers named as semifinalists Monday for The Butkus Award, presented to the nation’s top high school linebacker.

The college Butkus Award also announced its semifinalists and the list included two former ALL-USA players: 2010 ALL-USA linebacker Stephone Anthony of Anson (Wadesboro, N.C.), now at Clemson; and 2011 ALL-USA defensive back Shaq Thompson of Grant Union (Sacramento), now a linebacker at Washington.

Last year’s Butkus Award winner, Raekwon McMillan of Liberty County (Hinesville, Ga.), was an ALL-USA postseason selection and is now a freshman linebacker at Ohio State.

The complete list of the 15 semifinalists, with their college choices:

• Jerome Baker, Benedictine (Cleveland), Ohio State
• Josh Barajas, Andrean (Merrillville,, Ind.), Notre Dame
• Mekhi Brown, Carver (Columbus, Ga.), Alabama
• Ricky DeBerry, Atlee (Mechanicsville, Va.), uncommitted
• Porter Gustin, Salem Hills (Salem, Utah), uncommitted
• Justin Hilliard, St. Xavier (Cincinnati), Ohio State
• Jeffery Holland, Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville), uncommitted
• John Houston, Junipero Serra (Gardena, Calif.), uncommitted
• Malik Jefferson, Ralph H. Poteet (Mesquite, Texas), uncommitted
• Leo Lewis, Brookhaven, Miss., Ole Miss
• Osa Masina, Brighton (Cottonwood Heights, Utah), uncommitted
• Joshua McMillon, Whitehaven (Memphis), Alabama
• Sherrod Pittman, First Coast (Jacksonville), South Carolina
• Jahvoni Simmons, Ocean Lakes (Virginia Beach), Virginia
• Adonis Thomas, Central Gwinnett (Lawrenceville, Ga.), uncommitted.

Emily Robinson led Lee’s Summit to its second consecutive state title by pitching 18 consecutive shutout innings and hitting four homers in three playoff games. Photo by Dan Smith.

Lee’s Summit, Mo., softball pitcher Emily Robinson obviously didn’t win the state all by herself, but she made sure nobody else could.

Robinson threw 18 consecutive playoff shutout innings, culminating with a two-hitter in a 5-0 defeat of Holt (Wentzville) Saturday for the Missouri Class 4 title. Robinson also hit a two-run homer in the first inning to provide all the runs that the Tigers would need.

Robinson had four homers in the Tigers’ final three games, including two in a a 13-0 defeat of Liberty North (Liberty) on Oct. 18, and a two-run homer and two-run double in a 7-0 defeat of Jefferson City in Friday’s semifinal.

“Her strength is the movement on her pitches and her specialty is getting the ground ball out,” Lee’s Summit coach Tracy Bertoncin said. “This season, between her, the second baseman and the shortstop, we had 150 assists on the field.”

The Central Missouri commit was also on the mound as a junior in Lee’s Summit’s state championship win last season.

“I would say she is an intense competitor,” Bertoncin said. “There will be people who see her play and say she looks like she’s angry. You have to understand, that’s her poker face. She’s absolutely hilarious. She loves the off-the-wall things, But, when it comes it to playing ball, there is no messing around. She studies her opponent. Her goal is to get a hitter out, period. Sometimes other pitchers get so wrapped  up in strikeouts, that they lose the value of one- or two-pitch out.”

Off the mound, Robinson had a .776 slugging percentage with nine homers and a team-leading 32 RBI.

Robinson’s efforts lead our American Family Insurance ALL-USA Performances of the Week. The rest of the top performances:

Patrick Briningstool, quarterback, Chippewa Valley, Clinton Township, Mich.

Junior completed all 10 of his passes for 284 yards and six touchdowns in a 42-6 defeat of New Baltimore Anchor Bay (Fair Haven) on Friday.

Hunter Hill, running back, Big Spring, Texas

Senior rushed for 301 yards and six touchdowns and caught a touchdown pass in a 64-57 defeat of Stephenville on Friday.

Makena Morley, cross country, Bigfork, Mont.

Senior, who has committed to Montana, won her fourth Class B state title and set an all-class state record with a time of 16 minutes, 33.20 seconds in a 3-mile race at the state meet in Helena on Saturday.

Sam Rickert, soccer, Trinity, Louisville

Senior forward scored a hat trick in a 3-0 defeat over Kentucky Country Day on Saturday in the Seventh Region Tournament final.

Bowman Sells, quarterback, Lovejoy, Lucas, Texas

Junior threw for 370 yards and seven touchdowns and ran for a touchdown in a 75-30 win at Prosper on Friday.

Brendan Smith, quarterback, Seekonk, Mass.

Junior threw for 398 yards and seven touchdowns in a 48-20 defeat of Old Rochester (Mattapoisett) on Thursday.

Maurice Thomas, running back, Talawanda, Oxford, Ohio

Miami of Ohio commit ran for a school-record 414 yards and scored six touchdowns (five rushing, one receiving) as Talawanda defeated Meadowdale (Dayton) 41-24 on Friday.

John Urzua, quarterback, North Gwinnett, Suwanee, Ga.

Senior completed 18 of 27 passes for 399 yards and seven touchdowns, including five to Joshua Imatorbhebhe, in a 71-24 defeat of Duluth on Friday. It was Urzua’s second seven-touchdown game this season.

Madi Walter, volleyball, Hortonville, Wis.

Junior had 19 kills and 16 digs to help her team defeat Appleton North (Appleton) 3-2 in a Division I Regional final on Saturday.