Voting is now open and will run through midnight Saturday for this week’s Orthopaedic Center of Southern Illinois Player of the Week.
Here are the nominees:
Sarah Cook, Murphysboro: The junior was 12-19 with 5 home runs, 2 doubles, 15 RBI, and 11 runs scored. Cook hit 3 homers in a win over Herrin and drove in 7 in a win over West Frankfort.
Weston Hails, Webber: The senior won the long jump at the Foxes Invitational (19-9) and the Webber Invitational (19-5). Hails was also part of the winning 4×100 and 4×200 relays at both meets.
Jakob Koehn, Trico: The senior had 9 hits including 2 home runs and drove in 9 runs for the week. Koehn was 6-6 with a grand slam and 7 RBIs in a win over Marissa/Coulterville. He also pitched 6.2 innings for the week, striking out 13 and picking up a save.
Kayden McGee, Mt. Vernon: The senior was 6-10 with 3 RBIs, 4 stolen bases, and 6 runs scored helping the Rams to a 2-1 week.
Ella O’Brien, Carterville/Herrin: The senior scored 6 goals and added 2 assists to help the Lady Lions go 2-1 for the week. O’Brien tallied hat tricks against both Du Quoin and Massac County.
Caleb Smith, Salem: The junior won both the shot put (57-03) and the discus (167-02) at Sparta’s Buzz Bradley Invitational.
Bria Williams, Waltonville/Sesser-Valier: The senior was 10-17 with a double, a triple, 11 RBIs and 4 runs scored to help the Lady Spartans go 4-0 for the week.
Mia Wills, Benton: The senior won the 400M at the Don Webb Invitational (1:04.97) and the 800M at the Carmi-White County Invitational (2:43.80). Wills was part of the winning 4×400 team at the Webb Invite and the winning 4×400 and 4×800 teams at CWC.
Ruby Yates, Anna-Jonesboro: The sophomore was 3-1 for the week, allowing 4 earned run on 19 hits while striking out 28 in 27.2 innings. Yates held Carterville to 1 unearned run and also tossed a 3-hit shutout against Vienna.