It’s time to vote for the Sun Herald’s MS Coast Athlete of the Week for March 18
Baseball and softball take center in this week’s poll as district play begins this week for many across the Coast.
Some of the area’s top player primed themselves for the all-important weeks ahead with dominant outings during the mid-March week.
This is not a scientific poll, and you can vote as many times as you’d like until voting ends at noon on March 25, at sunherald.com.
To submit a nominee for next week’s poll, please send game stats from an event that occurred this week to swatkins@sunherald.com.
Get to know the nominees here:
- Hunter Harper, Vancleave baseball: Harper pitched a complete game with eight strikeouts in a win over South Panola. Also contributed with a double and two RBIs.
- Jack Jordan, Ocean Springs baseball: Jordan tossed a nine-strikeout shutout against top prospect Konnor Griffin and Jackson Prep.
- Braden Babiowski, Poplarville baseball: Babiowski picked up five hits over three games, including two doubles and a home run, and had nine RBIs between two wins against Pass Christian.
- Trace Tingle, Resurrection baseball: Tingle threw a five-inning one-hitter with 10 strikeouts in a win against Lumberton.
- Jayden Holliman, Stone softball: Holliman pitched three perfect innings in a run-ruled 27-0 win over Laurel. She struck out eight of the nine batters she faced.
- Bree Phillips, East Central softball: Phillips had seven hits over three games with four doubles and four RBIs during a 3-0 week.
- Brooklyn Rhodes, Vancleave softball: Rhodes tossed a five-inning no hitter in which she struck out 15 of the 17 batters she faced.
Scott Watkins
Sun Herald