Vote for Midlands high school boys spring sports Athlete of the Week: April 1

Lou Bezjak
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It’s time to vote for The State’s boys spring sports Athlete of the Week from Midlands-area high schools and games played March 25-30. Voting ends Friday at noon. The winner will be announced on Lou Bezjak’s Twitter page.

Coaches can nominate a player each week by emailing Lou Bezjak at lbezjak@thestate.com by noon on Mondays.

The nominees are listed below. Please note that these polls are not scientific and are meant to be just for fun.

Boys Athlete of Week Nominees

Thatcher Baughman, Ben Lippen baseball: Senior pitched a complete game, striking out nine against Trinity Collegiate. He also went 3-for-3 at the plate.

Charlie Bonds, Richard Winn baseball: Junior infielder was 4-for-6 with two homers and five RBI.

Jayden Boyd, Fairfield Central track and field: Sophomore won the 100 and 300 at Ridge View’s Blazer Twilight.

Jacob Clark, Mid-Carolina baseball: Senior pitched a complete-game, one-hitter with 12 strikeouts in 3-0 win over Newberry.

Chase Cline, Chapin golf: Senior was medalist at the Palmetto Invitational. Cline shot an 11-under in the three-day tournament and won in a playoff over North Raleigh Christian’s CJ Peterson.

Campbell Denton, Camden baseball: The senior pitched a complete-game, one-hit shutout with nine strikeouts in a 1-0 win over Darlington.

Jacob Hair, Swansea baseball: Sophomore was 8-of-10 with eight runs scored and seven RBI in three games last week.

Braydon Hallman, Batesburg-Leesville baseball: Sophomore was 1-0 on the mound and went 5-for-10 at the plate with a homer, four RBI and a triple.

Skiler Jackson, Lugoff-Elgin baseball: Senior went 1-0 on the mound, allowing one earned run in 5 1/3 innings while striking out eight. He was 4-for-5 at the plate with an RBI.

Landon Jeffcoat, Airport baseball: Sophomore hit. 571 with two doubles and six RBI last week.

Hunter Phipps, Dutch Fork baseball: Senior combined on a no-hitter in 6-0 win over White Knoll. Phipps struck out 15 in 6 ⅔ innings against the Timberwolves.

Rylan Woodard, Fairfield Central baseball: Senior pitched six innings, struck out five and had the go-ahead RBI single in 1-0 win over Newberry.