JACKSON - A week of celebration continues for the Northwest Mississippi Community College football team as the awards are still coming in after they claimed the MACCC and Region 23 Championship on Saturday afternoon. On Tuesday, the MACCC announced that the Rangers were taking home all three of their Player of the Week awards for offense, defense, and special teams, with three freshmen highlighted for the awards. 

On the offensive side, it was wide receiver Clydarrien Peters who took home the honor after he scored a pair of touchdowns for the Rangers despite only touching the ball twice on the offensive side of the ball. The Columbia native scored his first rushing touchdown of the year in the third quarter of the Rangers' win, putting them up 26-7 at the time, on a reverse that was intended to be a pass back to the other side, but ended up turning into an open running lane for the freshman to race into the end zone. His biggest moment came late in the game when he would find room in the end zone to make a leaping catch to put Northwest back in front after Hinds Community College had come storming back in the game. It was his first career multi-score game at the collegiate level. 

Defensively, there were several choices from the Rangers, but it went to their leading tackler on the year, and in the game, as freshman linebacker Linkin Sanders was able to bring home the Player of the Week nod. The Horn Lake graduate was in top form, picking up six solo tackles and three tackles for loss on the way to 11 total tackles in the game. Not only that, but he came up with a key forced fumble and recovery on a day when the defense was swarming to the ball, forcing the Eagles into five turnovers throughout the day. 

A third award was given on the special teams side of the ball, where freshman kicker and punter Will Uselton was able to bring home the award for the first time this year. The former Hernando Tiger was 2-of-2 on field goals with makes from 24 and 25 yards, which helped to be the difference in the four-point win over the Eagles. He was also 3-of-4 on PAT's, improving his season total to 49-50. He also took care of kicking duties, and in the punting game was able to pin Hinds inside of the 20-yard line three times, which was a season best, while averaging over 37 yards per punt. 

Northwest picked up the 33-29 win and will still have more time to keep the season momentum going after they punched a ticket into the NJCAA National Championship field, with a spot in the semifinals on either November 20th or 22nd. Also in the field are the top-ranked Hutchinson Community College Blue Dragons, #2 Iowa Western Community College, and #3 Trinity Valley Community College (TX). The selection show for the championship is scheduled for tonight at 6:oo p.m. CT, and will be shown on the NJCAA Network. 

Keep up with the news and schedule updates for Northwest football by visiting nwccrangers.com or by following along on Ranger social media accounts.