Player of the Week: Guilford Park High’s Tyler Lee
After Tyler Lee spent the offseason in the weight room and working hard to improve Guilford Park High School football coach Tom Montag expected his junior running back to take a step forward But as the regular season enters the final limited weeks it is safe to say that no one quite expected Lee to dominate the way he has Lee carried times for yards and three touchdowns this past week and scored a pair of two-point conversions as undefeated Guilford Park continued its terrific season by rallying from a -point deficit to beat Glenelg - It was Lee s sixth -yard performance in seven games and the sixth time he has scored at least three touchdowns in a competition Nobody expects a kid to rush for yards in a championship that s wild to see Montag stated I thought he was going to have a good year but I had no idea what that meant It s definitely surprising to see week in and week out dominant performances For his efforts Lee was named the Military Bowl Touchdown Club High School Football Player of the Week Guilford Park High School running back Tyler Lee right carries the football against Oakland Mills Courtesy Sydney Jennings It has been a special season so far this fall at Guilford Park which opened in August played its first varsity football competition last year and now has its first senior class Lee who is feet inches tall and weighs pounds attended Meade Senior High School as a freshman before transferring to Guilford Park He rushed for yards and averaged about four yards per carry last year as the Panthers went - Lee added about pounds of muscle during the offseason and he also developed into one of the group s leaders Without a full complement of students until this year not only was playing time available for younger players but there also was a need for leadership Enter Lee who has rushed for yards and touchdowns already this season As we ve grown older as a scheme more of our younger athletes are stepping up into leadership roles What s it like to be a leader on a high school football club Montag noted Tyler has been consistently working hard and it shows up on Friday nights This week s D C Touchdown Club Honor Roll ANNE ARUNDEL Crofton RB MLB Da Juan Kinard made tackles with five tackles for loss returned an interception yards for a touchdown and recovered two fumbles returning one seven yards for a touchdown as the Cardinals beat Severn Run - DC Bell QB Will Hewitt completed of passes for yards and two touchdowns as the Griffins beat Phelps - FREDERICK Linganore RB Bradly Matthews rushed times for yards and six touchdowns as the undefeated Lancers beat Middletown - LOUDOUN Loudoun Valley WR Macklin Gaffney caught five passes for yards caught a two-point conversion rushed for a touchdown returned a fumble yards for a touchdown and intercepted a pass as the Vikings beat Rock Ridge - MONTGOMERY Northwest QB Jayden Vongprachanh-Nelson completed of passes for yards and two touchdowns and rushed seven times for yards and two touchdowns as the Jaguars beat Walter Johnson - NORTHERN REGION Falls Church QB Elijah Lewis rushed times for yards and five touchdowns including a -yard number on the encounter s first play from scrimmage as the Jaguars beat Edison - PRINCE GEORGE S Largo RB Tymond Foxx rushed times for yards and five touchdowns as the Lions beat Central - PRINCE WILLIAM Gar-Field QB Marcus Troy Hamlin completed of passes for yards and rushed five times for yards and one touchdown as the Red Wolves beat Forest Park - PRIVATE Georgetown Prep OL DL Immanuel Iheanacho an Oregon recruit led the way in all phases of the challenge with nine pancake blocks four tackles and blocking an extra-point attempt as the Little Hoyas beat St Albans - SOUTHERN MARYLAND Huntingtown RB SS Gabriel Copeland rushed times for yards and three touchdowns and on defense made nine tackles as the Hurricanes beat Patuxent - WCAC Archbishop Carroll QB Avery Glass completed of passes for yards and three touchdowns as the Lions beat Bishop Ireton - Source
