It’s time to cast your vote for the Lake City Reporter Athlete of the Week for Feb. 17-22.
Each week the LCR's news staff puts together a collection of the top performers from the week for you to vote on. Nominees are derived from scores and stats uploaded to MaxPreps, sent in by coaches, and from games attended by the LCR's reporters. Readers can then vote in the online poll to determine who the Athlete of the Week will be.
Voting ends at 5 p.m. Wednesday. The winner will be announced in the Thursday edition of the LCR as well as online.
To vote in this week’s poll, CLICK HERE.
Here are the nominees:
— Jayden Jackson, Fort White boys basketball: scored a game-high 20 points to lead the Indians to a 54-51 win over Hilliard in the Region 3-R finals, punching their ticket to the state Final Four for the first time in program history
— Zuri Hollie, Fort White girls basketball: scored a game-high 40 points in a valiant effort for the Indians, who just came up short in the Region 3-R finals with a 67-64 loss to Hilliard in overtime
— Bynton Edge, Columbia baseball: reached base in 10 of 13 plate appearances, drawing six walks and getting hit by a pitch while going 3 for 5 with five runs scored, four stolen bases and an RBI to help the Tigers go 2-1 on the week; pitched 4 2/3 innings where he allowed an unearned run on two hits and five walks while striking out three in a no-decision vs. Bishop Snyder
— Jace Moran, Suwannee baseball: went 2 for 4 with three RBIs and a triple to lead the Bulldogs to a 10-1 win over Wolfson; finished the week 4 for 9 and had a .583 on-base percentage that also included a double with two runs scored
— Aaron Parnell, Fort White baseball: went 2 for 4 with three RBIs and a double while pitching six innings where he allowed zero earned runs on two hits and four walks with a pair of strikeouts in the Indians’ 6-4 win over Branford
— Patrick Williams, Branford baseball: went 6 for 13 with three RBIs, four runs scored and a double in a 2-1 week for the Buccaneers
— Ethan Tuten, Lafayette baseball: hit a walk-off two-run home run to lift the Hornets to a 4-3 win over Madison County
— Alex Collins, Columbia softball: batted .400, had a .455 on-base percentage with two runs scored and hit a walk-off home run in a 6-5 win over Gainesville in extra innings, part of a 2-1 week for the Tigers
— Kadence Compton, Fort White softball: allowed only one earned run and struck out 36 batters in 22 innings to lead the Indians to a 2-1 week
— Addison Peterson, Suwannee softball: hit .750 and had a .857 on-base percentage with three RBIs, five stolen bases and four runs scored, with three of those runs coming in a 9-3 win over Chiefland
— Morgan Brennan, Branford softball: hit .600 with three doubles, an RBI and two runs scored in a 2-1 week for the Buccaneers
— Miley McCray, Lafayette softball: hit .545 with a .615 on-base percentage that included a home run, five RBIs, two doubles and five runs scored in a 2-1 week for the Hornets
— Josie Raulerson, Columbia girls wrestling: finished runner-up in the 235 weight class at the Region 1-1A meet to qualify for state
— Marshall White, Suwannee boys wrestling: had pins in the semifinals and finals in the 157 weight class to win the District 2-1A IBT title, improving his season record to 46-0
— Ryleigh Hermanson, Suwannee girls track & field: was part of the winning 4x800 relay team at the Jesse Forbes Invitational while also placing second in the 3200m and fourth in the 1600m