Justin Hughes of Mitchell County High School has been selected as the We-It Athletics/NCPreps.com 1A Player of the Week for Week 1. Hughes ran 14 times for 294 yards with 4 touchdowns and completed 2 of 2 passes for 83 yards with another score in the Mountaineers' 48-6 win over Avery County.

Quandarius Crump of Lexington Senior High School has been selected as the We-It Athletics/NCPreps.com 2A Player of the Week for Week 1. Crump caught 2 touchdowns passes, ran for another score, blocked a punt and returned it 68-yards for another score in Lexington's 48-10 win over J.M. Robinson.

Germone Hopper of Phillip O. Berry Academy has been selected as the We-It Athletics/NCPreps.com 3A Player of the Week for Week 1. Hopper ran for 2 touchdowns, returned a kickoff 97-yards for a score, and returned a punt 68-yards for a touchdown in a 44-6 win over Vance.

James Summers of Page High School has been selected as the We-It Athletics/NCPreps.com 4A Player of the Week for Week 1. Summers ran 15 times for 231 yards with 2 touchdowns and completed 6 of 11 passes for 84 yards with 2 touchdowns in a 41-7 win over Davie County.