With 66% of the total vote share, Beacon Baseball’s Jesse Apostolou won the Poughkeepsie Journal Boys Athlete of the Week poll for May 18-24.
The Poughkeepsie Journal Boys Athlete of the Week for May 25-31 is now live.
Nominations are based on information gathered and received by the Poughkeepsie Journal throughout the week. For consideration, coaches are asked to submit game information and player stats to Edecker@usatodayco.com before the end of the week.
Each week’s winner will be selected and posted in the upcoming week’s poll. Polls will close at 8:30 p.m. on Sunday night before the announcement the following morning.
Jaiden Rivera, Beacon track & field
Rivera won the triple jump at the Section 9 Class A Championships with a distance of 45-7.25.
Wayne-Daniel Russell, Spackenkill track & field
Russell won the 200-meter dash (22.71) and the long jump (21-8.25) at the Section 9 Class C Championships.
Daniel McPherson, Pine Plains track & field
McPherson won four different events at the Section 9 Class C Championships. He placed first in the 800-meter run (2:03.38,) the 1600-meter run (4:43.62,) the 3200-meter run (10:19.39) and the 3000-meter steeplechase (11:05.99).
Liam Correa, Marlboro baseball
Correa threw a complete game shutout, striking out eight batters with zero walks in Marlboro’s 2-0 victory over Beacon in the Section 9 Class A championship.
Micah Buttner, Dover track & field
Buttner won the 400-meter hurdles at the Section 9 Class C Championships with a time of 59.77.
Nate Johnson, John Jay track & field
Johnson won the 400-meter run at the Section 1 Class AA Championships with a time of 49.89.
Affy Middlebrook, Pawling baseball
MIddlebrook collected seven hits with nine runs and three RBI throughout the week to bring Pawling to a Section 1 Class B championship tiebreaker.
Zavier Durandisse, Arlington track & field
Durandisse won both the 400-meter hurdles (58.76) and the 3000-meter steeplechase (9:48.04) at the Section 1 Class AA Championships.
Jeremiah Schneck, Roy C. Ketcham track & field
Scheck placed first in the Pentathlon at the Section 1 Class AA Championships.
James Bouchard, Beacon baseball
Bouchard went 5-6 with three RBI and three runs in the quarterfinals and semifinals to help bring the Bulldogs to the Section 9 Class A finals. he also was the winning pitcher, racking up nine strikeouts in one of the contests.
Nahzy Avent, Poughkeepsie track & field
Avent won both the 100-meter dash (10.84) and the 200-meter dash (21.79) at the Section 1 Class A Championships.
Sebastian Jaeger, Pawling track & field
Jaeger won the Pentathlon at the Section 1 Class C Championships.
This article originally appeared on Poughkeepsie Journal: Vote for the Poughkeepsie Journal Boys Athlete of Week for May 25-31
Reporting by Eric Decker, Poughkeepsie Journal / Poughkeepsie Journal
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