High School Football Player of the Week: Karson Williams, Oak Grove

Congratulations to our Week 4 High School Football Player of the Week, Karson Williams of Oak Grove. Williams ran for 102 yards and two touchdowns on 13 carries in Oak Grove’s 41-14 win against North Forsyth. Oak Grove’s Karson Williams (2) runs the ball past Southwest Guilford in the second half of a football game on Friday night, Aug.

18, 2023, at Oak Grove High School in Midway, N.C. The Oak Grove Grizzlies defeated the Southwest Guilford Cowboys, 49-30.



Williams has run for 284 yards and eight touchdowns this season for the Grizzlies (3-1), who will take on Lenoir Hibriten Friday night. Williams is coming off an all-conference season in the Mid-Piedmont 3-A in 2023, when he ran for 1,494 yards and 20 touchdowns and had 346 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Previous Player of the Week Winners Week 1: Xavier Johnson, North Forsyth Week 2: Bryce Baker, East Forsyth Week 3, Ethan Driver, Davie County mpruitt@wsjournal.

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