Vote now Branch County's Top Performers

Each week The Daily Reporter presents its Top Performers, those local student-athletes that had big weeks in their chosen sports.

We here at The Daily Reporter are attempting a new format for our Athlete of the Week award, and it all begins right here with our Top Performers.

Included in this article will be the best of the best from the past week, some that have caught our eye and some still who were nominated by coaches or parents. Attached to this article will be a poll allowing you, the readers, to vote for who you think was this week’s Top Performer. This poll is unlike the Athlete of the Week poll, this one is of the style where anyone can vote as many times as they want. The top four vote getters after the weekend will move on to Breathe Free Duct Cleaning Athlete of the Week vote, which is announced every Friday. It is a new format and we here at the newspaper are testing to see how it may work, so if it does not work, our apologies.

So, without further ado, ladies and gentleman, here are this week’s Top Performers.

Baseball

Alex Boyer, Union City Chargers- Boyer was an all-around threat for Union City this past week, doing damage at the plate and in the field. Boyer recorded a key win in the finals of the Colon Darmofal Invitational on the mound, beating White Pigeon after striking out four. At the plate Boyer finished 6-for-13 with one home run, three doubles, five RBIs and six runs scored.

Bo Veenkant, Tekonsha Indians- Veenkant finished the busy week batting 5-for-11 with two doubles, three runs scored, and one RBI to lead the Tekonsha offense.

Carson Stevens, Bronson VIkings- Stevens was key to the Bronson effort this week, beginning with a gem of a start on the mound versus Sturgis when he secured the win after pitching all seven innings while allowing only one hit and three walks with 12 strikeouts. At the plate Stevens finished the week going 4-for-8 with two doubles and a run scored.

Drake Thornton, Coldwater Cardinals- Thornton was a horse for Coldwater baseball throughout the past week, doing his work at the plate, in the field, and on the mound. At the plate Thornton finished the week batting 10-for-26 with two doubles, a triple with two RBIs and five runs scored.

Mason Graves, Quincy Orioles- Graves had a solid week playing the shortstop position for the Orioles. Graves finished the week with some fine defense as well as finishing 5-for-9 at the plate with five RBIs and two runs scored.

Softball

Brealyn Lasky, Bronson Vikings- Lasky helped lead the Bronson offense throughout the week, going 6-for-15 with five singles and one double with three RBIs

Kaylee Modert, Quincy Orioles- Modert was on absolute fire at the plate this past week, finishing the week batting a robust 9-for-13 with a double, two triples, and 10 RBIs,

Maren DeBeau, Coldwater Cardinals- DeBeau continues to have the hot bat out of the leadoff spot for the Cardinals, finishing the past week batting 9-for-15 with four doubles and two runs scored. DeBeau has also pitched a little, securing the save in the win over Garden City at last Saturday’s Cardinal invite.

Girls Track

Brookelyn Parker, Quincy Orioles- Parker brought home a good deal of hardware from the Constantine Invitational, winning the 100 hurdles with a time of 16.61 seconds and the 300 hurdles in a time of 48.09 seconds. Parker also won the 200-meter dash in a time of 28.80 seconds and finished in second place as part of the 1,600-relay team. In dual meet action Parker won both the 100 and 300 hurdles and was a part of the winning 1,600 relay team.

Grace Huff, Coldwater Cardinals- Huff won the 800 meter run in an Interstate 8 double dual with a time of 2:28.36 to go along with a win as part of the 800 relay and the 1,600 relay

Parker Williams, Union City Chargers- Wiilliams, just a freshman, has made her mark for Union City since her frst race this spring. This tast week Willaims continued her impressive rookie season with a win at the John Greene Mendon Invitational in the 400 in a time of 1:05.38. Williams was also a member of the third place 1,600 relay team and the second place 3,200 relay team.

Boys Track

Logan Cole, Union City Chargers- Cole won both the shot put and discus at the John Green Mendon Invitational last week

Golf

Landyn Crance, Union City Chargers- Crance secured medalist honors at the latest Big 8 golf jamboree held at Turtle Creek Golf Course, leading his Chargers to a key conference win while scoring a 1-under par 35

Soccer

Sammi Hollenbaugh, Quincy Orioles- Hollenbaugh continues to score at an unheard of pace, pouring in two goals and an assist in an 8-0 ISL (Independent Soccer League) Conference Championship clinching win over Springport. On Friday Hollenbaugh recorded career goal 80, plus some, scoring three goals to go with two assists in Quincy’s 8-0 win over Sturgis

Voting for this week’s Top Performers will run through the weekend and end on Monday at 9 a.m. The top 4-7 athletes will then move on to the Breathe Free Duct Cleaning Athlete of the Week vote. The vote for Top Performers runs different than the Athlete of the Week vote, as with the Top Performers one can vote as often as they like as many times as you like. Make sure your favorite athlete moves on to the Breathe Free Duct Cleaning Athlete of the Week vote! Vote now, vote often!