Laurens County Touchdown Club Honors Laurens District High’s Nehemias ‘Nemo’ Fernandez as Player of the Week for Outstanding Performance

The Laurens County Touchdown Club is proud to announce that for the September 13th game, the Player of the week is Junior Nehemias Fernandez of Laurens District High School.  

Nehemias is a junior offensive running back and quarterback for the Raiders as they lost a hard fought contest to A C Flora by a score of 20 – 17 at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, SC Friday night.

Junior Nehemias ‘Nemo’ Fernandez offensively had 26 carries for 217 yards and one touchdown.  Fernandez was a workhorse all night and had several long runs including his 49 yard run for a touchdown in the 3rd quarter. Fernandez averaged 8.3 yards per carry on the night.  

Head Coach Greg Porter stated, “Nehemias has an incredible work ethic on and off the field.  Nemo has always put the Team first….and when needed to play quarterback, there was no hesitation.  It’s about the Team from him.”

The Laurens County Touchdown Club will honor Fernandez on September 19th at the thirdTouchdown Club meeting of the year.  The meeting will be at noon at The Ridge in Laurens. Player of the Week awards this year will presented by Farm Bureau Insurance of Laurens County.

The September 19th meeting will feature Furman University Head Football Coach Clay Hendrix.

Cooper Motor Company, Premier Driving School and Laurens County Farm Bureau Insurance Co. will be the GameDay hosts for the luncheon.

The Laurens County Touchdown Club meets every other Thursday throughout the football season at The Ridge located in Laurens at 301 Exchange Road and the public is invited.  Tickets can be purchased at the door for $15. All meetings are at Noon with the food service line opening at 11:45 am.