Each week during the school year, The News-Press and the Naples Daily News select high school boys athletes who stood out the week before based on a combination of coach reports sent to sports@news-press.com and sports@naplesnews.com and school nominations sent over email. Those athletes are put in a poll each Monday on news-press.com and naplesnews.com and you, our readers, vote on who you think did it best.
The winner of the Southwest Florida Boys Athlete of the Week poll sponsored by MY Shower Door will receive a t-shirt provided by BSN Sports and a tote bag provided by The News-Press and Naples Daily News. Voting ends at 10 a.m. Thursday each week. The winner will be announced on social media.
The previous SWFL Boys Athlete of the Week sponsored by MY Shower Door winner was Gulf Coast track athlete Jack Miller, who captured 44% of the vote.
If you have a nominee, be sure to email them to sports@news-press.com and sports@naplesnews.com, with the athlete’s name, school, and notable stats for a given week. Submissions are due no later than 5 p.m. every Sunday.
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Here are the SW Florida Boys Athlete of the Week sponsored by MY Shower Door nominees for March 2-7:
Baseball
Roderick Medina, North Fort Myers
Medina pitched a complete game no-hitter, striking out 11 batters in 7 innings in the Red Knights’ 4-0 win against Ida Baker on March 6.
Wrestling
Benito Barnhart, St. John Neumann
Barnhart won the Class 1A state title at 120 pounds, defeating his opponent by 15-3 major decision in the final on March 7.
Eric Bush, Riverdale
Bush won the Class 2A state title at 120 pounds, winning every round of the tournament by fall on March 6 and 7.
Kael Seneca, Fort Myers
Seneca won the Class 2A state title at 126 pounds, defeating his opponent by 13-0 major decision in the final on March 7.
Lincoln Sledzianowski, St. John Neumann
Sledzianowski won his second consecutive Class 1A state title, winning the final at 144 pounds by technical fall on March 7.
Bennett Sweitzer, Bishop Verot
Sweitzer won the Class 1A state title at 175 pounds, defeating his opponent by 5-2 decision in the final on March 7.
Track and field
Isaiah Bernadel, South Fort Myers
Bernadel took first place in the 100 meters and 400 meters and also contributed to the Wolfpack’s winning 4×400 relay at the CSN Invitational on March 7.
Jadrien Carmo, Bishop Verot
Carmo took first place in the 200 and 400 meters at the Edison Relays on March 6.
Jace Jackson, CSN
Jackson took first place in the discus and shot put at the Edison Relays on March 6.
Lacrosse
Jack Jolly, Aubrey Rogers
Jolly totaled 10 goals and 5 assists in two victories for the Patriots last week.
Ricky Swift, Canterbury
Swift scored four goals in the Cougars’ 11-10 overtime loss against CSN on March 3.
Tennis
Maximus Graham, Fort Myers
Graham won at No. 1 singles and doubles to help the Green Wave defeat Bonita Springs 6-0 on March 3.
This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: VOTE: SW FL Boys Athlete of the Week by MY Shower Door for March 2-7
Reporting by Dustin B Levy, Fort Myers News-Press & Naples Daily News / Fort Myers News-Press
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