Vizza has pikced Nevada but is still looking around. (EventDigiPhoto.Photoreflect.com)

A week after finishing second in the voting, Alamo Heights QB Giovanni Vizza got over the top, winning the statewide Player of the Week for the 15th week of the season.

Vizza rushed for 141 yards and two TDs and completed 26 of 42 passes for 347 yards, two scores and no interceptions in a 40-28 4A Division I State Championship win over Copperas Cove Bulldawgs.

Voting is now closed. e-mail us to nominate a player from the final weekend of the season.

FIFTH-ROUND CANDIDATES:

• Celina DB/QB Dru Prosser, who spelled injured starter Seth Davis in the second half by throwing for a TD, rushing for a TD, throwing a 2-point conversion, and kicked a 21-yard field goal in a 30-13 win over vernon;
• Cedar Hill LB Chris Francis, who came up with many tackles -- the biggest a goal-line stop on 4th-and-1 in the final minute of a 31-24 win over DeSoto;
• Austin Westlake QB Nick Foles, who threw for 238 yards and 4 TDs in a 35-32 win over Pearland;
• Cisco QB Jacob West, who combined for 218 yards and 2 TDs in a 39-18 win over Stratford;
• Texarkana Liberty-Eylau RB LaMichael James, who rushed for 129 yards on 16 carries in a 35-34 win over Robinson;
• Richland Springs QB Tyler Etheridge, who had 562 yards of offense and 9 total TDs in the six-man state championship win over Rule.

2006 Weekly Winners:

• Week 0: Austin Lake Travis QB Garrett Gilbert
• Week 1: Stratford QB Andrew Luck
• Week 2: FM Marcus QB Matt Faulkner
• Week 3: Cuero RB Fabian Olguin
• Week 4: Abilene Cooper QB Zach Stewart
• Week 5 (tie): Abilene Cooper QB Zach Stewart; Highland Park RB Alex Carroll
• Week 6: Seguin DE Logan Johnson
• Week 7: Seguin LB Marcus Richardson
• Week 8: Seguin QB Kevin Smith
• Week 9: Taft RB/DB Chris Bell
• Week 10: La Porte RB Quentin Castille
• Week 11: Port Lavaca Calhoun QB Tyler McAfee
• Week 12: Los Fresnos QB Jeremy Springer
• Week 13 (tie): Wolfforth Frenship QB Matt Hill; Laredo United QB Alvaro Garcia
• Week 14: Wolfforth Frenship RB Michael Connor
• Week 15: Alamo Heights QB Giovanni Vizza

Last year's high school players of the week were:

• Week 0: Tyler Lyons, Wolfforth Frenship QB
• Week 1: Christian Ponder, Colleyville Heritage QB
• Week 2: Omar Hanks, El Paso Hanks QB
• Week 3: Bradley Stephens, McAllen Memorial RB
• Week 4: Charles Opeseyitan, Allen RB
• Week 5: Bradley Stephens, McAllen Memorial RB
• Week 6: David Wasserman, Gatesville WR
• Week 7: Todd Reesing, Austin Lake Travis QB
• Week 8: Blake Juarez-Downer, El Paso Franklin RB
• Week 9: tie, Jesse Harrison, Omaha Paul Pewitt RB; Jared Ray, Waco Midway QB
• Week 10: Jamar Wall, Plainview RB
• Week 11: Nick Florence, South Garland QB
• Week 12: Alex Torres, EP Franklin QB
• Week 13: Brian AuBuchon, Hebron QB
• Week 14: Gary Ragston, Brenham WR/RR
• Week 15: Shiloh Wampler, Hutto RB
• Week 16: Nathan Tune, Celina QB

Dave Campbell's Texas Football also named players of the year for each classification, and one for private schools. Those winners, announced Dec. 9, 2005, are listed below:

• Class 5A: Dimitri Nance, RB, Euless Trinity
• Class 4A: Matthew Stafford, QB, Highland Park
• Class 3A: Deon Beasley, QB/DB, West Orange-Stark
• Class 2A: Jessie Harrison, RB/LB, Omaha Paul Pewitt
• Class 1A: Deroderick Strickland, QB, Big Sandy
• Six-Man: Bryce Hogue, RB/DB, Throckmorton
• Private Schools: Wesley Oglesby, OL/DL, Arlington Grace Prep

For more on each of the winners, click here.

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