High School Football

John Paul II’s Slusane voted Island Packet’s high school football Player of Week

Vote as often as you can in our Player of the Week poll.
Vote as often as you can in our Player of the Week poll. Jeff Blake Photo

The votes are in, and John Paul II offensive/defensive lineman Sebastian Slusane wins the vote for The Island Packet’s High School Football Player of the Week.

Thanks to all who voted. A new poll will be up on Monday afternoon.

The nominees are listed below. Please note that these polls are not scientific and are meant to be just for fun. Congrats to all the nominees.

Player of Week nominees

Tony O’Banner, RB/QB/LB, Thomas Heyward: Junior was 9-of-13 passing for 139 yards two touchdowns and rushed for 115 yards and two scores. He also had seven tackles on defense in the win over Patrick Henry.

Zavier Polite, DE, May River: Sophomore had 13 tackles, one tackle for loss and three QB pressures in a win over Colleton County.

Sebastian Slusane, DE/OL/K, John Paul II: Senior had eight tackles, two sacks and blocked a field goal in a loss to First Baptist. He also averaged 38.5 yards on two punts.

Derrick Smalls, WR, Battery Creek: Senior returned two punts for touchdowns of 70 and 87 yards and had a 62-yard receiving TD.

Wenson Smith, RB, Ridgeland: Smith carried it 10 times for 175 yards and two touchdowns in a win over Denmark-Olar

Carnell Warren, WR, Bluffton: Junior had eight catches for 139 yards and three touchdowns in a win over Beaufort.

This story was originally published October 7, 2024 at 1:11 PM.

Lou Bezjak
The State
Lou Bezjak is the High School Sports Prep Coordinator for The (Columbia) State and (Hilton Head) Island Packet. He previously worked at the Florence Morning News and had covered high school sports in South Carolina since 2002. Lou is a two-time South Carolina Sports Writer of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Support my work with a digital subscription
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