Vote: Who should be SBLive's Arkansas high school athlete of the week? (2/26/2024)
Here are the candidates for SBLive’s Arkansas high school athlete of the week for Feb. 19-25. Read through the nominees and cast your vote. Voting will conclude Sunday at 11:59 p.m. If you would like to make a nomination in a future week, email nate@scorebooklive.com.
Editor’s Note: Our Athlete of the Week feature and corresponding poll is intended to be fun, and we do not set limits on how many times a fan can vote during the competition. However, we do not allow votes that are generated by script, macro or other automated means. Athletes who receive votes generated by script, macro or other automated means will be disqualified.
J.J. Andrews, Little Rock Christian Academy boys basketball
The 6-6 sophomore scored 28 points with 11 rebounds and 6 assists in a 75-44 victory over Forrest City at the 4A-East Regional Tournament. He scored 28 points with 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals in a 61-39 victory over Joe T. Robinson in the tournament semifinals. He scored 17 points with 12 rebounds and 4 assists in a 58-47 victory over Brookland in the tournament final.
Keely Blanchard, Norfork girls basketball
The 5-10 senior scored 12 points with 6 rebounds and 4 steals in a 71-26 victory over Maynard in the 1A-2 Regional Tournament. She scored 14 points in a 66-32 victory over Marked Tree in the tournament semifinals. She scored 21 points with 5 assists in a 50-37 victory over Concord in the tournament final.
Jaxon Cazzell, Van Buren boys basketball
The 6-2 senior scored 11 points with 4 rebounds and 3 steals in a 61-44 victory over Siloam Springs and topped the 1,000-career point mark. He scored 16 points with 3 steals in a 57-34 victory over Russellville.
Laney Daniels, Jasper girls basketball
The sophomore scored 32 points in a 74-38 victory over Mulberry in the 1A-1 Regional Tournament.
Greenlee Elmore, Pulaski Academy girls basketball
The freshman scored 23 points with 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals in a 49-31 victory over Forrest City in the 4A-East Regional semifinals.
Dylan Friend, Bergman boys basketball
The 6-0 junior scored 24 points in a 55-29 victory over Charleston in the 3A-1 Regional Tournament. He scored 20 points in a 61-37 victory over Hackett in the tournament semifinals. He scored 33 points in a 80-49 victory over Booneville in the tournament final.
Anthony Hester, Mills boys basketball
The 6-5 sophomore scored 14 points with 5 assists and 6 rebounds in a 82-65 victory over Nashville in the 4A South Regional. He scored 19 points with 11 rebounds and 2 assists in a 78-50 victory over Warren in the tournament semifinals. He scored 10 points with 10 rebounds in a 58-33 victory over Camden Fairview in the tournament final.
D’Mysha James, Sylvan Hills girls wrestling
James earned outstanding wrestler in Class 5A where she finished 60-0 and won the state title at 190 pounds.
Josh Lawrence, Vilonia boys basketball
The 6-0 sophomore scored 34 points with 9 rebounds, 6 assists and 6 steals in a 80-59 victory over Little Rock Parkview.
Skylur Lewis, Rogers girls wrestling
The senior became the first four-time state champion in Arkansas girls wrestling, won the state title at 155 pounds and was the outstanding wrestler for the upper weight classes.
Kaitlyn McCarn, Mountain View girls basketball
The 5-8 senior scored 17 of her 22 points in the third quarter in a 77-42 victory over Corning at the 3A-2 Regional Tournament. She scored 25 points with 14 rebounds and 4 assists in a. 55-59 victory over Rivercrest in the tournament semifinals.
Benjamin Noonan, Lamar boys basketball
The 6-0 junior scored 37 points with 16 rebounds in a 89-84 victory over Riverview in the 3A-5 Regional final.
Don O’Kelly, Van Buren boys wrestling
The senior won consecutive state championships and was chosen as the outstanding wrestler in the 106-132 pound category and finished his senior year with a 45-0 record.
Trip Price, Pottsville boys wrestling
Price won his third consecutive Class 4A state championship in the 190-pound weight class when he defeated Bo Williams of Shiloh Christian.
Tommy Reddick Dumas boys basketball
The 6-2 senior scored 23 points with 3 rebounds and 3 blocks in a 57-30 victory over Genoa Central in the 3A-4 Regional Tournament. He scored 39 points with 5 rebounds in a 63-39 victory over Lake Village in the tournament semifinals. He scored 12 points with 7 rebounds in a 55-50 victory over McGehee in the tournament final.
Ty Robinson, Lake Hamilton boys basketball
The 6-4 senior scored 32 points with 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals in a 70-54 victory over White Hall and topped the 2,000-career point mark. He scored 38 points with 8 rebounds and 6 assists in a 82-49 victory over El Dorado.
Ryan Rogers, Arkadelphia boys wrestling
Rogers won his third consecutive Class 4A state championship in the 144-pound weight class with a 6-5 victory over Dax Widger of Shiloh Christian.
Liza Shaddy, Norfork girls basketball
The 5-9 senior scored 13 points with 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 5 steals in a 71-26 victory over Maynard in the 1A-2 Regional Tournament. She scored 21 points in a 66-32 victory over Marked Tree in the tournament semifinals. She scored 15 points with 10 rebounds in a 50-37 victory over Concord in the tournament final.
Sarah Snodgrass, Lincoln girls basketball
The 5-8 sophomore scored 29 points with 19 in the second half in a 59-52 victory over Booneville in the 3A-1 Regional Tournament. She scored 29 points in a 59-28 victory over Lincoln in the tournament finals.
Eli Tate, Concord boys basketball
The 5-11 senior scored 40 points, with 29 in the first half in a 70-56 victory over West Side Greers Ferry in the 1A-2 Regional Tournament semifinals.
Jocelyn Tate, North Little Rock girls basketball
The 5-10 senior scored 12 points with 15 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals in a 66-50 victory over Little Rock Central. She scored 16 points with 10 rebounds in a 51-34 victory over Cabot.
Layne Taylor, Farmington boys basketball
The 6-0 senior scored 31 points in a 74-52 victory over Fountain Lake in the 4A-North Regional Tournament. He scored 38 points with 3 rebounds and 8 assists in a 71-48 victory over Morrilton in the tournament semifinals. He scored 41 points with 4 assists in a 72-65 victory over Subiaco Academy in the tournament final.
Anna Trusty, Greenwood girls basketball
The 6-1 senior scored 19 points with 6 steals and 3 assists in a 81-44 victory over Alma and became the school’s all time leading scorer with 1,850 points. She scored 31 points with 11 rebounds, 9 steals and 4 assists in a 85-39 victory over Greenbrier.
Bennett Wilson, Bigelow boys basketball
The 6-1 senior scored 31 points in a 63-58 victory over Izard County in the 2A-Central Regional Tournament. He scored 28 points in a 65-44 victory over Sloan-Hendrix in the tournament semifinals. He scored 20 points in a 60-50 victory over Cutter Morning Star in the tournament final.
DaMaya Wilson, Barton girls basketball
The 5-9 sophomore scored 41 points in a 65-52 victory over Marmaduke in the 2A-North Regional Tournament.
--Jeff Halpern | @SBLiveArk
