Vote for the Belleville News-Democrat’s Softball Player of the Week.
Poll closes at 8 a.m. Friday, May 26. To vote again, hit refresh.
Want to nominate an athlete? The BND Player of the Week highlights high school varsity softball and baseball players who put in outstanding performances from the week prior to the opening of the poll. If you want to suggest someone to be included, send an email to Garen Vartanian at [email protected].
Please include the athlete’s name, school, class, position, and applicable game performance statistics. Coaches must be willing to verify information.
To be clear, this poll is not scientific. In fact, we invite you to vote as many times as you want. It’s all for fun, BND readers. People also may submit the same athlete from week to week.
We are planning to post the results later this week after the poll closes.
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Here are the nominees for the week of May 15-20:
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Paige Froess, Columbia High School, sophomore, P. Froess allowed just 2 hits and struck out 8 while throwing a complete-game shutout in a 5-0 win against Mater Dei in the IHSA Class 2A Roxana Regional championship game. The Eagles entered sectional action this week at 18-11.
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Lilly Heck, Waterloo High School, senior, C/IF. Heck hit a HR and drove in 4 runs in a 6-4 victory against Nashville. Heck then had a HR and 2 RBI in a 6-2 victory over Granite City as the Bulldogs entered regional action this week at 16-12.
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Olivia Hemmerle, Belleville East High School, sophomore, P. Hemmerle unfurled a 2-hit complete game to go with 9 strikeouts collected 9 strikeouts in a 12-2 victory against Belleville East as the Lancers enter regional action this week at 25-7-1.
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Josie Lampe, Mater Dei Catholic High School, senior. Lampe hit a HR and had 3 RBI in a 11-1 win over Roxana in the IHSA Class 2A Roxana Regional semifinals. The Knights ultimately finished the campaign at 21-6.
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Samantha Roulanaitis, Freeburg High School, junior, P. Roulanaitis rang up 20 strikeouts and fired a no-hitter in a 6-0 win against Breese Central in the IHSA Class 2A Althoff Regional championship game. The Midgets entered sectional action this week at 31-1.