High School Football

Dallas-Fort Worth high school football winners in Week 7 from Sam Houston, Grand Prairie

Arlington Sam Houston QB Omari Milton and defender Javione Carr, and the Grand Prairie Gophers were voted Week 7 DFW high school football players of the week and team of the week.

Milton ran away with the offensive POTW voting after a dominant effort over Irving. Milton threw for over 330 yards, gained 425 total offense and accounted for 6 TDs in the win.

Carr, defensive POTW, was a forced on defense with 22 tackles, 3 deflections and 1 forced fumble.

Grand Prairie stopped the Texans from making a sweep in the voting by edging Sam out by 24 votes. The Gophers beat Mesquite to start 2-0 for the first time since 2015.

Send nominations every Sunday to bgosset@star-telegram.com.

Past winners

Offensive POTW

Week 1, Rendyn Lamance, Boyd

Week 2, Tallyn Welborn, Sanger

Week 3, Brandon Forrest, Lake Worth

Week 4, Dee Kennedy, Benbrook

Week 5, AJ Smith-Shawver, Colleyville Heritage

Week 6, Chris Lee, Azle

Defensive POTW

Week 1, Hunter Carpenter, Rio Vista

Week 2, Creed Carter, Sanger

Week 3, Isiah Hall, Lake Worth

Week 4, Steven Bush, Sanger

Week 5, Adrian Martinez, FW North Side

Week 6, Kaleb Tompkins, Midlothian

Team

Week 1, Peaster

Week 2, Rio Vista

Week 3, FW Carter-Riverside

Week 4, Benbrook

Week 5, North Crowley

Week 6, Mans. Summit

This story was originally published October 14, 2020 at 10:02 AM.

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Brian Gosset
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Brian Gosset covered high school sports for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram until 2023. He graduated from Northern Arizona University with a degree in journalism before coming to Texas in 2014.
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