PHOENIX — UPDATE, OCTOBER 18, 2024
The results are in!
The votes in the Week 7 Friday Night Fever Sweet Play of the Week poll have been counted and now it is time to reveal which play won and will contend for a $5,000 scholarship, courtesy of Sweet James Accident Attorneys, at the end of the 2024 season!
This week, we received a total of 60,531 votes, and the winner with 35,626 (58.85%) of the votes is the fake end around touchdown pass from Deer Valley's Tyler Lebaron to Coleston Paxton! The play that finished in second place this week was the game-winning touchdown pass in the fourth overtime from Casteel's Paul Palmer, which got 28,854 votes (41.06%). The 70-yard touchdown pass from Vista Grande's Eltorna Gant to Thomas Ortega finished in third place with 51 votes (0.09%).
Congrats to Lebaron and Paxton! Their play will advance and compete against the other weekly winners for the $5,000 scholarship! You can watch all of the other weekly winners below.
Week 6: Stiff arm from Boulder Creek's Karsten Cornell that led to a touchdown run
Week 5: Game-winning pick six by Highland's Logan Bonham
Week 4: 70-yard catch and run for a touchdown by ALA-West Foothills' Johnny Garcia
Week 3: Blocked field goal that was returned for a 90-yard touchdown by Benjamin Franklin's Talan Speir
Week 2: 87-yard kickoff return by ALA-Queen Creek's RJ Lopez Jr.
Week 1: Touchdown pass from Red Mountain QB Simon Lopez to WR Tyreke Cornett
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The Friday Night Fever crew has chosen the top three plays from Week 7 of high school football action, but it is up to you, the fans to decide which one of those plays is worthy of being called the Sweet Play of the Week!
Each week on FNF, Arizona's No. 1 and longest-running high school football show, we show you the top three plays from that week in high school football, which we call "Sweet Plays." After that, it is up to you to choose which one is the top play of the week by logging onto 12News.com/Fever and voting in our Sweet Plays of the Week poll!
At the end of the season, all of the weekly winners will contend for a $5,000 scholarship, courtesy of Sweet James Accident Attorneys.
To see which plays have already been voted the Sweet Play of the Week this season, click here.
Week 7 Sweet Play of the Week Nominees
Here are the plays that have been nominated to become the Sweet Play of the Week:
- Casteel's Paul Palmer game-winning TD pass to Riley Hunt in 4th OT
- Vista Grande's Eltorna Gant 70-yard TD pass to Thomas Ortega
- Deer Valley fake end around TD pass from Tyler Lebaron to Coleston Paxton
VOTE
Watch the plays in the video above and then vote for your favorite in the poll below. If you can't see the poll, click here to vote.
You have until next Friday at 10 a.m. to vote and the winner will be revealed on Week 8 of Friday Night Fever! Be a believer and catch the Fever every Friday night at 11:35!
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