Game Balls: Here are the top SW Florida high school football Week 9 performers

Cape Coral handed Riverdale its first loss of the season, Naples won its annual Coconut Bowl showdown with Lely and North Fort Myers survived a tough district battle at East Lee County.

Those were just some of the top games from Week 9 of the high school football season.

To honor the players who stood out, The News-Press and Naples Daily News hand out their Game Balls for the top efforts each week. Here are those players for this week's games.

Kamarien McKay and Wilken Samedi, Cypress Lake

The defensive backs each returned interceptions for touchdowns in the Panthers' big district win over Island Coast.

Maddox Stewart, Estero

The quarterback passed for 328 yards and five touchdowns in a decisive win over Lemon Bay.

Kegan Kreuscher, Estero

The wide receiver was Stewart's favorite target, catching 13 passes for 130 yards and three touchdowns.

Jayden Boyd, Cape Coral

The defensive back returned a fumble 65 yards for what proved to be the winning touchdown in the Seahawks' win over Riverdale.

Shawn Simeon, Naples

The running back rushed close to 300 yards and four touchdowns in a win over Lely.

Chris Germinal, Immokalee

The quarterback passed for 328 yards and rushed for an 83-yard touchdown in a win over Aubrey Rogers.

Brooke Hankinson, North Fort Myers

The kicker connected on a 21-yard field goal to give the Red Knights the lead with five minutes left.

Devon Messenger, Palmetto Ridge

Messenger had a 66-yard touchdown run and a 70-yard fumble return score in the Bears' shutout win over IMG Blue.

SW Florida Football Week 9 Results

Thursday

Cypress Lake 34, Island Coast 22

St. John Neumann 19, SFCA 8

Palmetto Ridge 56, IMG Blue 0

Friday

Naples 36, Lely 12

Port Charlotte 39, Dunbar 7

Barron Collier 46, Golden Gate 34

First Baptist 42, Lehigh 13

West Boca Raton 34, Bishop Verot 14

Oasis 42, Ida Baker 13

Cape Coral 13, Riverdale 6

Immokalee 56, Aubrey Rogers 21

Estero 39, Lemon Bay 12

North Fort Myers 16, East Lee County 14

Charlotte 35, Mariner 28

Keswick Christian 21, Canterbury 12

Westminster Christian 19, Evangelical Christian 7

West Broward 56, Gulf Coast 19

South Fort Myers 34, Clewiston 6

Marathon 37, Gateway Charter 0

Lakewood Ranch 37, Gateway 22

SWFL Football Week 10 Schedule

(All games at 7:30 p.m. unless noted)

Friday, Oct. 25

Port Charlotte at Naples

Aubrey Rogers at Barron Collier

First Baptist at Community School, 7 p.m.

Gulf Coast at Immokalee

Bonita Springs at Lely

Bishop Verot at Clewiston

East Lee County at Fort Myers

Mariner at Cape Coral

Cypress Lake at Lemon Bay

Evangelical Christian at SFCA

Lehigh at Sarasota Riverview

Estero at Island Coast

Dunbar at South Fort Myers

Bell Creek at LaBelle

Riverdale at North Fort Myers

Golden Gate at Palmetto Ridge

St. John Neumann at Coral Shores, 7 p.m.

Glades Day at Gateway Charter, 7 p.m.

Ida Baker at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Bye: Canterbury, Gateway, Marco Island, Oasis

This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: Game Balls: Here are the top SW Florida high school football Week 9 performers