High School Sports

Lexington’s Brandon Cromer voted high school boys spring sports Athlete of Week

The votes are in, and Lexington’s Brandon Cromer 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. It will be last player of week poll of the spring.

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

Boys Athlete of the Week Nominees

Nino Brown, Keenan track and field: Brown won the 200 (22.02) and 400 (48.41) at the Richland County track and field championship.

Brandon Cromer, Lexington baseball: Junior South Carolina commitment tossed a complete-game, two-hitter with five strikeouts in 9-0 win over Dutch Fork. At the plate, he was 3-for-11 with three RBIs in three games.

Jakori Herring, Spring Valley track and field: Herring won the 110- and 400-meter hurdles in helping the Vikings win the Richland County track and field championship.

Zechariah Haney, Camden baseball: In three games last week, the junior was 5-for-9 with two triples and five RBIs. He also pitched three scoreless innings of relief with five strikeouts.

Ty Harper, Chapin baseball: Harper went 8-for-14 with four RBIs in the Eagles’ four games last week.

Steven Hill, Dutch Fork track and field: Won the shot put and discus events to help the Silver Foxes to a victory at the Lexington County track and field meet.

Charles Jeffcoat, Dreher track and field: Jeffcoat won the shot put, discus and javelin at the Richland County track and field championship.

AJ Jefferson, Lugoff-Elgin baseball: Jefferson went 4-for-9 with two homers and five RBIs in L-E’s three games last week.

Blaine Redmond, Gray Collegiate baseball: Redmond pitched a complete-game, striking out five and allowing no earned runs in 5-3 win over Legion Collegiate.

Will Spotts, Northside Christian baseball: Spotts went 2-for-3 in Crusaders’ lone game and had a game-tying RBI in a region-clinching win over Orangeburg Prep.

Lathon Smalls, River Bluff track and field: Smalls won two events at Lexington County track and field meet, the 110-meters hurdles (15.13) and 400-meter hurdles (58.72).

This story was originally published April 29, 2024 at 2:10 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
Get one year of unlimited digital access for $159.99
#ReadLocal

Only 44¢ per day

SUBSCRIBE NOW