Who will be the Mississippi Coast Athlete of the Week for March 24? Vote now in our poll
The Mississippi Coast made history last week when three schools participated in the state’s first flag football games during a jamboree hosted by Vancleave with St. Martin and East Central.
The new sport begins in earnest on Thursday. Standouts from jamboree and the first week of district play on the diamond are featured in this week’s poll.
Athletes are nominated this week out of Hancock, Harrison Central, Long Beach, Ocean Springs, Vancleave and Stone. This is not a scientific poll, and you can vote as many times as you’d like until voting ends at noon Monday, March 31, at sunherald.com.
Last week’s winner: Bryan Travis, Harrison Central
Get to know the nominees here:
- Shyleigh Willis, East Central flag football: Willis took a hand off 19 yards for a touchdown in a jamboree win over Vancleave.
- Aryana Dixon, George County softball: Dixon had four hits with a home run, two RBIs and four runs scored across two district wins over Hancock.
- Gabrielle Smith, Harrison Central softball: Smith pitched a seven strikeout two-hitter against D’Iberville and followed with eight strikeouts against Biloxi.
- Jeremy Korn, Ocean Springs baseball: The senior entered the week with four hits and left with 12 after recording eight in a sweep of Biloxi. He drove in three RBIs and his first double of the season.
- Jalyn Nguyen, St. Martin flag football: Nguyen threw two touchdown passes, including a 75-yard score to Brianne Sanders during jamboree wins over Vancleave and East Central.
- Martin Shaw, Vancleave baseball: Shaw recorded seven hits with two doubles and three RBIs in a sweep of rival East Central.
Scott Watkins
Sun Herald