Poll results: O’Fallon sophomore BND Baseball Player of the Week in southwest Illinois
Connor Blue of O’Fallon High School is the winner of this week’s Belleville News-Democrat Baseball Player of the Week high school poll, as selected by readers of bnd.com.
In recent action, Blue, a sophomore pitcher/infielder, threw a complete game and allowed just 1 hit while posting 10 strikeouts in a 12-0 win over Alton. He then had 3 runs and 1 RBI in a 15-5 victory over Althoff. Blue, who secured 53% of the votes, entered the weekend with a 4-1 record and 1.93 earned run average while fanning 39 and allowing just 17 hits in 25 1/3 innings pitched.
At the plate, Blue was batting .327 with 13 RBI. Overall, Blue secured 50% of the votes to edge out Edwardsville’s Logan Geggus, who collected 47% of the votes.
Here were the other candidates for the week of April 10-15:
Reed Drabant, Columbia High School, senior, OF/INF. In 5 games, Drabant went 9-for-15 with 3 doubles, 1 triple, 5 RBI and 7 runs scored. He also had a 1.633 OPS and 4 walks.
Jacob Flowers, Civic Memorial High School, freshman, INF/P. Flowers had 3 hits and 4 RBI in a 14-4 win against Roxana. Flowers also had 3 runs and 2 hits in a 11-0 win over Jerseyville.
Logan Geggus, Edwardsville High School, senior, P. Geggus threw 11 strikeouts in five innings pitched in a 11-1 victory over Gateway Legacy Christian.
Brody Landgraf, Columbia High School, freshman, INF/P. In 6 games last week, Landraft went 8-for-17 with a 1.289 OPS, 1 triple, 1 home run, 9 RBI and 8 runs scored.
Chase Lewis, Breese Central High School, senior, P/IF. Lewis had 3 hits, 5 RBI and 1 HR in a 14-4 win against Freeburg. In two combined games against Mascoutah, Lewis went 4-for-6 with 3 runs scored, 8 RBI, a grand slam and 2 home runs overall, as the Cougars posted a 12-2 win and a 12-12 tie. Lewis also posted the win against Freeburg, firing 6 innings while allowing just 6 hits and 2 earned runs and striking out 6. For the week, he went 9-for-16 with 6 runs scored, 14 RBI, 2 doubles and 3 home runs.
Joe Mendiola, Belleville East High School, senior, INF. Mendiola had 4 hits and 2 RBI in a 5-3 victory over Freeburg. He also had 3 hits and 1 RBI in a 14-2 win against Mater Dei. His line in 3 games was: 10-11, 4 doubles, 3 RBI, 1 Walk. He is currently slashing .500 (26/52), .554 OBP, .788 SLUG.
Dom Voegele, Columbia High School, senior, P/SS. In 6 games, Voegele went 9-for-18 with a 1,473 OPS and 1 double, 1 triple, 1 home run to go with 13 runs scored, 10 stolen bases, 4 RBI and 7 walks. On the mound, he pitched 8 innings over 2 games, with striking out 12, walking just 2 and surrendering just 1 run/earned run for a 0.88 earned run average.
The poll ended at 8 a.m. Friday.
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.
The next poll will appear on the BND’s website — www.bnd.com — at 5 a.m. Tuesday. Please email nominations to gvartanian@bnd.com.
Previous winners: Joe Mendiola of Belleville East High School.
