An unusual nominee for the Week 11 Hollis Wright Player of the Week ran away with the No. 1 spot in the poll for the final week of the Alabama High School Athletic Association football regular season. The top vote-getter – or in this case, vote-getters – gives Oak Grove its second consecutive winner in the poll.

The Tigers’ offensive line made up of Caden Broadhead, Jack Scott, Levi Findley, Bain Morris, Andrew Nix and Griffin Wesson paved the way for Oak Grove to steamroll Hanceville for 426 yards on the ground last week. For their efforts, the offensive line picked up 89 percent of the 7,451 votes in the survey, that is, 6,647 votes.

Oak Grove hammered Hanceville 57-13 on Friday for 7 rushing touchdowns to wrap up the regular season at 8-2. The Tigers were 5-2 in Class 4A, Region 4 and got the third seed for the first round of the state playoffs. Oak Grove will travel to Ashford, just southeast of Dothan, on Friday.

Tigers running back Braxton Yocom took the top honors last week.

Junior running back Troy Thomas of Corner finished second in the balloting with 3 percent of the total. Thomas ran for 144 yards on 18 carries with 3 touchdowns in a 38-14 win over Springville. The 9-1 top seed in Class 5A, Region 5 will host Lawrence County to open the playoffs.

Carver-Birmingham backup quarterback Frankese Winston came in for injured starter DJ Wade as the Rams whipped Cordova 42-0 on the road. Winston completed 7-of-12 passes for 201 yards and 2 touchdowns. He also ran for 40 yards. Carver (3-4), the No. 4 seed from Class 5A, Region 5, will travel to Region 7 top seed Fairview (9-0) on Friday to open the playoffs.

Watch for the weekly nominees on Sundays this fall and be sure to cast your vote each week.