POLL: Who was the South Jersey High School Football Star of Week 8?

Week 8 of the high school football season is in the books and it was another week of outstanding performances.Read about the Top 15 performances here and cast your vote for who you think had the best week below. Voting will be open until Friday morning.Rancocas Valley's Zach Merhar was last week's top vote getter with 59.5 percentage of all votes recorded. Northern Burlington's Mark Klusman and Audubon's Noah Battillo rounded out the top three.This feature is presented by Premier Orthopaedic Associates.More: Everything you need to know for the 2026 high school football seasonSouth Jersey Performances of Week 8Cole Anderson, Shawnee. The junior rushed a season-best 30 times for 255 yards and three touchdowns as the Renegades earned a 28-14 win over Cherokee on Thursday. It’s the third time Anderson eclipsed 200 rushing yards in a game this season and raised his season rushing total to 1,466 yards with 17 touchdowns. Anderson has 3,633 rushing yards in his scholastic career.Josh Colella, Egg Harbor Township. The junior quarterback completed 17-of-26 passes for 259 yards and two touchdowns as the Eagles knocked off Hammonton, 29-27, earning a home playoff game and clinching a share of the WJFL Memorial Division title. Colella has thrown for over 1,500 yards with 13 TDs this season.Nazir Griffin, Pleasantville. The senior rushed for a game-high 138 yards and a touchdown while adding an interception on defense to spark the Greyhounds’ 18-6 win over visiting Delsea on Thursday. Griffin has two picks in his last three games.Iziah Guzman, Eastside. Tacking on another 100-yard rushing game, the freshman found the end zone three times to highlight the Tigers’ 56-0 win over Cherry Hill West on Saturday. Guzman has seven 100-rushing-yard games this season and raised his season totals to 933 yards and 17 touchdowns for Eastside, which won its seventh straight.Omar Kelly, Atlantic City. The senior linebacker put together a monster performance, racking up a career-high five sacks and forcing two fumbles in the Vikings’ 35-7 win over Kingsway on Friday. After recording 14 sacks in 2025, Kelly is up to 10.5 sacks this season.Cameron Mayo, Haddon Heights. The sophomore quarterback rushed for 59 yards and a touchdown while adding four tackles (one for loss) at linebacker as the Garnets checked into the Group 2 playoffs with a 14-7 home win over Sterling on Saturday.Mikey McQueen, Rancocas Valley. The senior scored three times as the Red Devils polished off an 9-0 regular season with a 42-0 home rout of Burlington Township on Saturday. McQueen caught a pair of TD passes, including one on a sensational one-handed juggling catch in the paint. He also added a 65-yard interception return for a TD – his second pick-6 of the season.Jimmy Moran, Audubon. Sparking the Green Wave’s fifth straight win, the senior rushed for a career-best 112 yards and two touchdowns in a 28-14 victory at Bishop Eustace on Thursday. Moran has three TD runs in his last two games and four for the season.Jalen Parker, Washington Township. Polishing off the Minutemen’s undefeated regular season, the senior quarterback threw for two scores and rushed for a third in a 28-14 win at St. Augustine on Friday. Parker, an all-state selection each of the last two seasons, has been sharp completing 47-of-67 passes for 844 yards with 12 TD passes and one interception in five games with Township.Mekhi Parker, Glassboro. The junior wideout made the most of his three catches as all three went for touchdowns to highlight the Bulldogs’ sixth straight win with a 42-0 decision over Ocean City on Thursday. Parker’s three grabs covered a season-best 113 yards.Kellen Pierce, Lenape. The senior was a workhorse, rushing 28 times for a career-high 254 yards and two touchdowns, as the Indians punched their ticket to the Group 5 playoffs with a 24-18 victory against Pennsauken on Saturday.Cashmir Parsley, Salem. The sophomore rushed for 239 yards and three touchdowns as the Rams rumbled to a 52-12 win over Pennsville on Friday. Parlsey has racked at least 100 rushing yards in seven of his last eight games, pushing his season total over the 1,000-yard plateau for Salem, which closed out the regular season with a five-game winning streak.James “Bam” Redd, Timber Creek. The senior ran for 167 yards and two touchdowns, eclipsing the 1,000-rushing-yard mark for the season, as the Chargers rattled off their seventh straight win with a 31-0 triumph over St. Joseph Academy. Redd had a third TD off a pass from Keeanu Darji. Redd has nine touchdown runs and four TD catches this season.Kyrie Reid, Triton. The sophomore set personal-bests with five catches for 140 yards during the Mustangs’ 27-7 home win over Cinnaminson, extending the team’s winning streak to three to close out the regular season. Reid has topped 100-receiving yards in two games this fall.Kazmiere Wilson-Roane, Deptford. The sophomore defensive back had five tackles, three for loss, to go along with a fumble recovery and a blocked kick to highlight the Spartans 51-0 win over West Windsor-Plainsboro on Friday. Wilson-Roane, who has been a key contributor on a defense that closed out the regular season with four straight shutouts, has recorded seven sacks in ‘26.Tom McGurk is a regional sports editor for the Courier-Post, The Daily Journal and Burlington County Times, covering South Jersey sports for over 40 years. If you have a sports story that needs to be told, contact him by email tmcgurk@usatodayco.com. Follow him on Twitter at @McGurkSports. Help support local journalism with a digital subscription.This article originally appeared on Cherry Hill Courier-Post: POLL: Who was the South Jersey High School Football Star of Week 8?