The UCHSF Player of the Week for Week 6 is Piedmont’s Cooper Wise. Wise, the hard running senior, broke his own Piedmont Panther record by rushing for 367 yards in the 55-28 win over Cuthbertson. Wise ran rough shot over the Cavaliers with a 16.0 yard per carry and ran for 4 TDs as well including a 95-yard TD run which is 2nd longest in Union Co. history. Wise’s 367 yards ranks 5th all-time in Union Co. history. Wise’s 4 rushing TDs in the game ties him with Piedmont legend Steven Efird who had 4 rushing TDs in 2006 vs. Monroe. Wise helped secure the first Panther win against Cuthbertson since 2010 and the first SCC conference win since the 2021 spring season!
Wise currently has 1153 yards through 6 games on 111 carries, 10.4 yards per carry. The Panther school record for rushing yards in a season is 1633 yards held by Khris Missick set in 2015.