High School Sports

Swansea’s Justice Ard voted high school boys spring sports Athlete of Week

The votes are in, and Swansea’s Justice Ard wins the vote for the boys spring sports Athlete of the Week.

Thanks to all who voted. A new poll will be up on Monday afternoon.

The nominees are listed below. Please note that these polls are not scientific and are meant to be just for fun.

Boys Athlete of Week Nominees

Justice Ard, Swansea baseball: Sophomore hit . 545 with two homers and seven RBI in three games last week for the Tigers.

Braydon Hallman, Batesburg-Leesville baseball: Sophomore pitched a complete-game trhee-hitter with 10 strikeouts against Pelion. At the plate, he was 4-for-7 with a homer and five RBI.

Caleb Cooper, Spring Valley track & field: Senior won the high jump at the All-American Classic meet with a leap of 6-foot-4 inches.

Jabari Flemon, Mid-Carolina baseball: Senior picked up a win on the mound, allowing one hit and struck out six. At the plate, he was 4-for-10 with a homer, RBI and three stolen bases.

Maverick Grigsby, Lugoff-Elgin baseball: Junior hit .600 with seven RBI and three runs scored last week.

Micah Ott, Ben Lippen baseball: Ott went 5-for-11 with two RBI and picked up a win in relief in one of his two relief appearances on the week.

Caleb Raysor, Gray Collegiate track & field: Sophomore won the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 55.15 at the All-American Track Classic.

Caden Reeves, Chapin baseball: Junior and Troy commit was 9-for-11 with three homers and 11 RBI as the Eagles went 3-1 this week. Reeves also was the catcher for Tyler Stephenson’s no-hitter on Friday against Dutch Fork.

Blaine Redmond, Gray Collegiate baseball: Redmond pitched a complete-game two-hit shutout in game one of a doubleheader against Boiling Springs. He also was 2-for-6 with two RBI at the plate.

Eldin Sanchez, Lugoff-Elgin soccer: Senior attacker had five goals and an assist in two matches last week for L-E.

Byer Ware, Camden baseball: Senior pitched a complete-game, one hitter in a 7-0 win over Lake City. Ware didn’t walk a batter and allowed just an infield single in the seventh inning.

Brayden Williams, Saluda baseball: Sophomore outfielder went 6-for-10 with three doubles, a triple, a homer and 11 RBI last week

Juel Rivers, Swansea soccer: Junior had six goals in two matches last week.

This story was originally published April 15, 2024 at 8:38 PM.

Lou Bezjak
The State
Lou Bezjak is the High School Sports Prep Coordinator for The (Columbia) State and (Hilton Head) Island Packet. He previously worked at the Florence Morning News and had covered high school sports in South Carolina since 2002. Lou is a two-time South Carolina Sports Writer of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Support my work with a digital subscription
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