Vote for the southwestern Illinois Boys Basketball Player of the Week Feb. 7-12
Vote for the Belleville News-Democrat’s Boys Prep of the Week. Poll closes at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17. To vote again, hit refresh.
Want to nominate an athlete? The BND Athlete of the Week highlights high school varsity boys and girls basketball players who put in outstanding performances from the week prior to the opening of the poll. If you want to suggest someone to be included, send an email to Garen Vartanian at gvartanian@bnd.com.
Please include the athlete’s name, school, class, position, and applicable game performance statistics. Coaches must be willing to verify information.
To be clear, this poll is not scientific. In fact, we invite you to vote as many times as you want. It’s all for fun, BND readers. People also may submit the same athlete from week to week.
We are planning to post the results later this week after the poll closes.
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Here are this week’s nominees:
- Gannon Birkner, New Athens, junior, C. Last week, Birnker had 21 points/8 rebounds/2 steals in a loss to Okawville; 28 points/9 rebounds/4 steals in a win against Dupo; 30 points/5 rebounds/2 steals in a win against Lebanon; and 23 points/7 rebounds/3 steals in a loss to Carlyle. Averaging 20.6 points per game.
Jimeque Harvey, Cahokia High School, senior, G. Averaging 8 points per game.
Ty Lenhardt, Waterloo High School, senior, G. Scored 16 points in loss to Salem, 16 points in win against Jerseyville and 21 points in loss to rival Gibault. Averaging 15.8 points per game.
Jordan Pickett, Belleville East High School, junior, G. Scored 23 points in win against Edwardsville, 10 points in victory against Alton and 10 points in loss to O’Fallon. Averaging 19.3 points per game.
- Jack Steckler, Columbia High School, junior, G. Scored 12 points and hit 6 big free throws late in handing Breese Central its only home loss of the year. He also scored 18 points in a win against Roxana and had 14 points and 4 assists in victory against Greenville. Averaging 10 points per game.
Jake Wilkinson, Collinsville High School, junior, G. Scored 12 points in win O’Fallon, 14 points in victory against Madison and 13 points in win against Springfield. Averaging 10.3 points per game.