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Week 1 football player of the week: Marquis Sampson of Evergreen

Weekly honor sponsored by Athletes Corner

By Tim Martinez, Columbian Assistant Sports Editor
Published: September 8, 2015, 8:41pm
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Marquis Sampson was voted The Columbian’s high school football player of the week, sponsored by Athletes Corner, for the week ending Sept. 5.

Sampson collected 26 percent of the 4,143 votes cast by fans to beat out Jordan Lawson of Union, who had 25 percent.

Sampson rushed for 142 yards on 15 carries and one TD and had a 34-yard reception in the Plainsmen’s win over Eisenhower.

The other nominees were Jared Bentley of Camas, Gunner Talkington of Battle Ground and Preston Jones of Mountain View.

Nominees and the online ballot are posted at www.360preps.com each Saturday and voting continues until 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Players may be elected player of the week once per month, and no player can be nominated for the honor in consecutive weeks.

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