Tulare County athlete of the week: CVC's Landon Holloway
Central Valley Christian baseball player Landon Holloway was voted by readers as the Visalia Times-Delta Tulare County prep athlete of the week.
In an online poll that closed on April 28, Holloway received 5,361 votes, or a 30% majority, of the 17,919 responses.
Holloway earned the win on the hill as the Cavaliers routed Selma 17-9.
Here's a look at past winners:
Jan. 6: Cole Gilcrest, Redwood basketball
Jan. 13: Janessa Garza, Farmersville basketball
Jan. 20: Danae Banuelos, Golden West basketball
Jan. 27: Ava Ayon, Lindsay basketball
Feb. 3: Cooper Fish, Porterville basketball
Feb. 10: Kiersten Shade, El Diamante basketball
Feb. 17: Reagan Neese, Central Valley Christian soccer
Feb. 24: Isaak Mendoza, Redwood wrestling
March 3: Miles Munger, Exeter baseball
March 10: Trevor Hampel, El Diamante baseball
March 17: Gage Hastin, Mission Oak baseball
March 24: J.T. Guerrero, Mt. Whitney baseball
March 31: Kelan Turner, Central Valley Chrisitan baseball
April 7: Bryce Crook, CVC baseball
April 14: Raquel Delgado, Mt. Whitney softball
April 21: Ari Valencia, Redwood softball
Editor’s note: Anyone can nominate an athlete of the week for every sport. Nominate next week’s ballot through email. Readers can email nominations to sports reporter Vongni Yang at vyang2@visaliatimesdelta.com. Please include a player’s statistics and a photo if possible.
Original story: Visalia Times-Delta/Tulare Advance-Register readers can now vote for their favorite high school athletes at the newspaper's website, visaliatimesdelta.com. The poll closes on Friday.
Please do not email your votes.
Here are the choices for the week of April 24-28:
Alastair Batchman, boys golf, Redwood: The senior shot a 71 at Valley Oaks Golf Course to direct the Rangers to victory in an East Yosemite League contest.
Matthew Bettencourt, baseball, El Diamante: Bettencourt fired a complete game shutout with 13 strikeouts. He allowed just two hits in a 10-0 East Yosemite League win over Golden West and also added a hit and three RBI.
Michaela Brown, softball, Redwood: Brown hurled a pair of complete games with 12 combined strikeouts to lead the Rangers to wins over Monache and Golden West.
Taylor Hastin, softball, Tulare Union: Hastin unleashed a solo home run to seal the Tribe's 1-0 win versus Mission Oak.
Landon Holloway, baseball, Central Valley Christian: Holloway earned the win on the hill as the Cavaliers routed Selma 17-9.
Ben Leon, baseball, Tulare Western: Leon registered 12 combined hits with a double, triple and home run in wins over Dinuba and Centennial. He also drove in seven runs and scored another seven runs and finished his outstanding four-game stretch with a .706 batting average.
Zach Mell, baseball, Mt. Whitney: Mell is a four-year varsity player for the Pioneers who bats lead-off and starts at shortstop.
Ashlee Orozco, softball, Dinuba: Orozco knocked in three runs on two hits as the Emperors defeated Lemoore.
Joey Rico, baseball, Redwood: Rico launched a three-run homer in the third inning to spark the Rangers' to a win versus rival Mt. Whitney.
Ruben Ruiz, baseball, Exeter: Ruiz generated four hits, including a double and triple, and drove in five runs in a victory against Hanford West.
Nominations are based on information available to the Times-Delta.
All high school varsity players from Tulare County can be on the ballot. Nominations must be received for consideration by Monday morning following that week's games.
Anyone can nominate an athlete of the week for every sport. Nominate next week’s ballot through email. Readers can email nominations to sports reporter Vongni Yang at vyang2@visaliatimesdelta.com. Please include a player’s statistics and a photo if possible.
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