For his unbelievable individual performance on Friday against Connetquot, Malik Pierre was named this week’s MSG Varsity Player of the Week.
The Sachem North junior RB/DB had a career-high 356 all purpose yards, a career-high 201 rushing yards and five total touchdowns.
Pierre, who broke the 1,000-yard rushing mark for his career in the memorable Sachem victory over top-seeded Connetquot, threw two touchdown passes, rushed for two touchdowns and ran back a kick return for another score. He accounted for 30 of Sachem’s 49 total points.
“I thought tonight we would run him until he couldn’t run anymore,” Sachem coach Dave Falco said after the game. “He was up for the challenge. He wasn’t asking for the ball, I just felt like we needed to give it to him tonight and that’s what we did.”
-Words by Chris R. Vaccaro