Vote: Who should be SBLive's Arkansas high school athlete of the week? (3/4/2024)
Here are the candidates for SBLive’s Arkansas high school athlete of the week for Feb. 26-March 3. 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.
Keely Blanchard, Norfork girls basketball
The 5-foot-10 senior scored 26 points in a 59-27 victory over Emerson in the Class 1A quarterfinals. She scored 18 points in a 60-24 victory over Marked Tree in the semifinals.
Annor Boateng, Little Rock Central boys basketball
The 6-6 senior scored 24 points in a 77-66, overtime victory over Springdale in the Class 6A quarterfinals. He scored 25 points with 11 rebounds in a 59-55 victory over Springdale Har-Ber in the semifinals.
Emerie Bohanon, Conway girls basketball
The 5-7 junior scored 14 of her 21 points in the second half in a 65-31 victory over Springdale in the Class 6A quarterfinals. She scored 18 points in a 54-43 victory over Cabot in the semifinals.
Kendri Broughton, Dumas girls basketball
The sophomore scored 22 points in a 62-46 victory over Manila in the first round of the Class 3A state tournament. She scored 37 points in a 67-62, overtime loss to Dumas in the 3A quarterfinals.
Terrion Burgess, Benton boys basketball
The 6-9 junior scored 28 points in a 72-66, overtime victory over Maumelle in the Class 5A quarterfinals. He scored 31 points in a 67-49 victory over Little Rock Parkview in the semifinals.
Matthew Contreras, Hot Springs baseball
The senior struck out 18 of 21 batters he faced in a 5-0 victory Forrest City on 80 pitches in 6 innings. He also struck out the side the previous night in a relief effort.
Payton DePriest, Marshall boys basketball
The 6-1 senior scored 22 points in a 58-56 victory over Riverside in the Class 2A state tournament. He scored 27 points with 7 rebounds and 5 assists in a 84-55 victory over Lavaca in the Class 2A quarterfinals.
Alyson Edwards, Mansfield girls basketball
The 5-11 senior scored 13 points with 7 rebounds in a 69-19 victory over Spring Hill in the first round of the Class 2A state tournament. She scored 23 points with 14 rebounds in a 61-52 victory over Izard County in the semifinals.
Michaelyn Freeman, Hackett softball
The sophomore went 3-for-5 with a home run in a 11-0 victory over Mayflower.
Dylan Friend, Bergman boys basketball
Friend scored 30 points made 6 three pointers in a 62-46 victory over LISA Academy North in the first round of the Class 3A state tournament. He scored 14 points in a 55-50, overtime victory over Osceola in the 3A quarterfinals. He scored 28 points in a 72-66 victory over Lamar in the semifinals.
Jacob Gaines, East Poinsett County boys basketball
The sophomore scored 16 points with 7 rebounds and 2 blocks in a 56-54 victory over Sloan-Hendrix in the first round of the Class 2A state tournament. He scored 22 points with 7 rebounds and 5 assists in a 7o5-66 victory over Bigelow in the 2A semifinals.
Reese Goodwin, Marion girls soccer
The sophomore scored three goals in a 5-0 victory over Beebe.
Easton Hurley, Lake Hamilton baseball
The senior struck out 14 of 17 batters in a 3-1 victory over Texarkana.
Aiden Jones, Cedar Ridge baseball
The junior pitched 3 scoreless innings with 6 strikeouts and went 2-for-3 and scored 1 run in a 11-1 victory over Rose Bud.
Jackson Kircher, Little Rock Christian Academy baseball
The Oklahoma signee went 3-for-4 with a double and home run in a 10-2 victory over North Little Rock.
Jordan Marshall, Little Rock Central girls basketball
The 6-0 Louisiana Tech signee scored 14 points with 14 rebounds in a 59-43 victor over Bentonville in the first round of the Class 6A state tournament. She scored 28 points with 8 rebounds, 4 steals and 2 blocks in a 66-60 victory over Fort Smith Northside in the quarterfinals. She scored 12 points and had a big block toward the end of the game in a 59-56, overtime victory over North Little Rock in the semifinals.
Kaitlyn McCarn, Mountain View girls basketball
The senior scored 23 points in a 62-53 victory over Jessieville in the Class 3A state tournament. She scored 30 points in a 64-54 loss to Bergman in the Class 3A quarterfinals.
Dessie McCarty, Mount Vernon-Enola girls basketball
The 6-0 senior scored 29 points in a 64-20 victory over Cotter in the 2A quarterfinals. She scored 20 points in a 60-54 victory over Riverside in the semifinals.
Makaiya Minner, Riverview girls soccer
The junior scored 4-0 goals in 9-0 victory over eStem.
Courtland Muldrew, Springdale Har-Ber boys basketball
The 6-3 junior scored 36 points in a 68-58 victory over Jonesboro in the Class 6A quarterfinals. He scored 18 points in a 59-55 loss to Little Rock Central in the semifinals.
Ty Robinson, Lake Hamilton boys basketball
The 6-4 senior scored 23 points in a 55-52 victory over Russellville in the first round of the Class 5A state tournament. He scored 22 points in a 58-52 victory over Vilonia in the Class 5A quarterfinals. He scored 49 points in a 85-82, double-overtime loss to Pine Bluff in the semifinals.
Ryann Sanders, Bentonville softball
The senior struck out 13 and allowed 1 hit in a 9-0 victory over Fort Smith Southside.
Layne Taylor, Farmington boys basketball
The 6-1 senior scored 28 points in a 53-40 victory over Magnolia in the Class 4A quarterfinals. He scored 27 points in a 70-53 victory over Mills in the semifinals.
Anna Trusty, Greenwood girls basketball
The 6-1 senior scored 24 points in a 85-24 victory over Sheridan in the first round of the Class 5A state tournament. She scored 17 points in a 61-47 victory over Searcy in the quarterfinals. She scored 18 points in a 64-57 victory over Lake Hamilton in the semifinals.
Bennett Wilson, Bigelow boys basketball
The 6-1 senior scored 36 points in a 92-55 victory over Earle in the first round of the Class 2A state tournament. He scored 38 points in a 66-59 victory over Fordyce in the Class 2A quarterfinals. He scored 25 points in a 75-66 loss to East Poinsett County in the semifinals.
--Jeff Halpern | @SBLiveArk
