PORT HURON — It’s time for the latest Blue Water Area Athlete of the Week poll. Now, we need you to determine a winner.
Voting ends at noon on Friday, April 24.
Last week’s winner was Algonac softball’s Kayla Raines, who batted 5-for-7 with two doubles, one home run and six RBIs in a doubleheader against Richmond on April 9.
Want to nominate an athlete for a future poll? Email Times Herald sports reporter Brenden Welper (bwelper@usatodayco.com) and let him know who had a stellar week. Please submit entries by 10 p.m. on Sunday.
Listed below are this week’s candidates in alphabetical order.
To vote, please use the poll at the bottom of this page. You can vote once an hour. Fraudulent entries will be deleted.
Sienna Dennis — Port Huron girls soccer: Dennis totaled two goals and three assists in the Red Hawks’ 8-0 win over Center Line on April 13.
Lily Fagan — Port Huron girls soccer: Fagan scored one goal in the Red Hawks’ 8-0 victory over Center Line.
Emma Koss — Armada girls soccer: Koss finished with three goals in the Tigers’ 6-0 triumph over Algonac on April 13.
Pamela Prado — Imlay City girls soccer: In the Spartans’ three games — all victories — last week, Prado amassed nine goals. That stretch included a four-goal outing in a 9-2 win over Croswell-Lexington on April 15.
Draven Rogers — Port Huron Northern boys golf: Rogers shot a 71 (1-under) and was the medalist of the Blue Water Spring Tune-Up on April 15. In doing so, he helped the Huskies clinch the tournament with a team score of 308.
Cole Thaler — Algonac baseball: Thaler threw eight strikeouts and a complete game in the Muskrats’ 2-1 win over Cros-Lex on April 14. He had zero earned runs and allowed two hits. At the plate, across three games last week, Thaler batted 5-for-7 with two RBIs and two doubles. Additionally, he added three stolen bases and drew two walks.
Contact Brenden Welper at bwelper@usatodayco.com. Follow him on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, @BrendenWelper.
This article originally appeared on Port Huron Times Herald: Vote for the Blue Water Area Athlete of the Week for April 13-18
Reporting by Brenden Welper, Port Huron Times Herald / Port Huron Times Herald
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