St. Stephens High running back Xavian King (with plaque) accepts the Week 7 Golden Helmet Award from WNNC’s Josh Edmonson (second row, far right) while surrounded by his teammates, St. Stephens assistant coaches and Indians head coach Wayne Hicks (second round, far left), plus his grandmother (Tracy), grandfather (Johnny) and mom (Tasha)./WNNC PHOTO
2018 GOLDEN HELMET WINNERS
Week 1: Justice Craig, QB, Newton-Conover
Week 2: Chance Benfield, LB, St. Stephens
Week 3: Bryce Stober, QB, Hickory
Week 4: Montrell Stinson, WR-DB, Maiden
Week 5: Corey Siemer, RB, Fred T. Foard
Week 6: Ethan Howard, RB, Bandys
Week 7: Xavian King, RB, St. Stephens
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NEWTON – St. Stephens High senior running back Xavian King — who ran for a career-high 319 yards on 26 carries and scored three touchdowns last Friday night in a win at McDowell — is the Oldies 101.3 FM WNNC Coca-Cola Golden Helmet Award winner for the seventh week of the football season.
The Indians, making their first trip to Marion, won 40-36 to improve to 2-4 overall and 1-1 in the Northwestern 3A-4A.
St. Stephens’ next game is at home Friday at 7:30 p.m. against West Caldwell in a conference game.
King is the third running back to win the Golden Helmet award this season.
A week ago, the winner for Week 6 was Bandys running back Ethan Howard, who led a 37-28 victory over Maiden in the South Fork 2A with 25 rushes for 227 yards and three TDs. He also blocked a punt that led to another score by Bandys.
Week 6 Golden Helmet award winner Ethan Howard of Bandys with his award, presented by WNNC’s Josh Edmonson (left of Howard). Also with Howard are his dad (Mike) and mom (Christy) and Bandys head coach Tom Eanes and Howard’s teammates./WNNC PHOTO