High School Sports

Who will be the Mississippi Coast Athlete of the Week for April 21? Vote now in our poll

Baseball and softball are hitting the postseason and we’ve got an all-diamond poll to celebrate.

Athletes are nominated this week from George County, Long Beach, Ocean Springs, Stone, St. Patrick and West Harrison. This is not a scientific poll, and you can vote as many times as you’d like until voting ends at noon Monday, April 28, at sunherald.com.

Last week’s winner: Taylor Farra, Ocean Springs

Get to know the nominees here:

  • Addison Davis, George County softball: Davis pitched a 13-strikeout complete game shutout against Pascagoula.
  • Will Brady, Long Beach baseball: Brady tossed a complete game shutout against Picayune, striking out three batters and allowing just four hits.
  • Cannon Hensarling, Ocean Springs baseball: Hensarling recorded five hits, two doubles, five RBIs and seven stolen bases and pitched five innings with seven strikeouts and zero unearned runs.
  • Mattie Gibson, Stone softball: Gibson picked up six hits with two doubles and two home runs in a pair of wins, driving in nine runs for the Tomcats.
  • Jacob Alexander, St. Patrick baseball: Alexander had five hits, three doubles and five RBIs over two wins.
  • Reaghan Cuevas, West Harrison softball: The freshman pitched 10.2 innings across two wins over Long Beach, allowing 0 hits and one earned run with five strikeouts.
Scott Watkins
Sun Herald
Scott is the high school sports and Southern Miss athletics reporter for the Sun Herald.
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