Name: Drew Williams
School: Bayside High School
Sport: Bayside
Position: Halfback/Linebacker
Year: Junior
Height: 5-foot-7
Weight: 200
Williams was not short on confidence following the Bayside Commodores’ dominant 30-6 drubbing of the Lehman Lions Saturday afternoon at Jamaica High School. But Williams has good reason to feel pumped up after what transpired on the gridiron over the weekend.
Williams racked up 118 yards on 14 carries, scoring one touchdown and two two-point conversions out of his halfback position. On the defensive side of the ball, the two-way player also picked off an errant Lehman pass and returned 45 yards to set up Bayside’s final score of the day.
“It’s the best game of my career,” Williams said after the win. “I proved today that I’m the best back in the city and my team is number one.”
Springfield Gardens’ senior Brandon Rush was a close second in TimesLedger Player of the Week voting. The senior quarterback/fullback/linebacker had 13 rushes for 83 yards, rushed for a touchdown, threw another touchdown and had a game-high 13 tackles to lead the Golden Eagles to an 18-16 win over Long Island City Saturday…Almir Pupovic rushed for 181 yards and two touchdowns for the Bryant football team in a 26-20 win over Erasmus…Richard Lopez rushed for 141 yards and caught a 40-yard touchdown pass for the John Adams football team in a 14-0 win over Boys and Girls…Anthony Lazarus, a junior running back at Christ the King, had a total of 139 yards and rushed for a pair of touchdowns in the Royals’ 28-21 loss to Xaverian…Laura Doyle had five goals for the St. Francis Prep girls’ soccer team in the Terriers’ 3-0 week…Manny Maninakis had a goal and an assist to lead the Cardozo boys’ soccer team to a 2-1 win over neighborhood rival Bayside, its first victory over the Commodores since Bayside joined the ‘A’ league last year…Barrington Mighty scored a pair of goals to lead the Campus Magnet boys’ soccer team to a 2-0 win over Richmond Hill. Teammate Keon Bobb netted a hat trick in an 8-0 win over Beach Channel…Oscar Alvarado scored four goals for Newtown in an 8-4 win over Franklin K. Lane.
