Cast your vote for the Journal's Athlete of the Week!
STURGIS — You should take some time and cast your vote for the athlete of the week.
The nominees are taken from performances last week. If you'd like to nominate a student-athlete for the award, feel free to reach out to me via email at bwatson@gannett.com. My address is at the bottom of this story.
Here are the nominees. To vote, you can click on the student-athlete you feel should win the award. You can vote as many times as you'd like.
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Brooklynn Root, Burr Oak — Root pitched the Burr Oak softball team to a victory over Waldron on Saturday. In a perfect game, she struck out 14 batters. Root also finished with two hits and a pair of runs driven in.
Kailee Jones, Constantine — Jones set a new school record in the 1,600-meter run for Constantine on Friday at the Don Luken Invitational. Her time was 5:40.13, which beat the record by better than four seconds set by Chris Tulley more than 30 years ago.
Sturgis' 800 relay team (boys) — The Sturgis boys ran at the Charlie Janke Invitational in Jackson on Friday. Sturgis' 800 relay team of Rasean O'Tey, Dalton Tisdel, Zach Green and Brenden Myer set a new school record at 1:30.18 in that race. That is the ninth best time in the state for Division 1 this year.
Ally Butler, Mendon — Ally Butler was tough as nails inside the circle for Mendon on Saturday. She pitched the Hornets to a victory over Eau Claire, 6-1, with 19 strikeouts. Butler also finished the day with a pair of hits and three runs driven in.
Voting for Athlete of the Week is open until Thursday at 11 a.m.
WEEKEND SOFTBALL: Here's how local softball teams fared during the weekend
Contact Sports Editor Brandon Watson at bwatson@gannett.com. Follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @BwatsonSJ.
This article originally appeared on Sturgis Journal: Sturgis, Michigan, high school Athlete of the Week voting, April 22-27
