Poll results: O’Fallon High School star kicker Player of the Week in southwest Illinois
Brogan Hartman of O’Fallon High School is the winner of the latest Belleville News-Democrat Player of the Week high school poll, as selected by readers of bnd.com.
Hartman, a sophomore kicker, booted a 52-yard field goal in a 52-0 win against Alton on Oct. 14. Entering play Friday night, that was the longest field goal in the state of Illinois this year.
Hartman — who secured 51% of the votes — entered Friday night’s game against Cahokia with 3 field goals and 31 extra points on the season. Additionally, Hartman had boomed 43 kickoffs for a total of 2,067 yards (48.07 average) and 3 punts for 80 yards (26.67 average) heading into Friday night.
Here were the other candidates for the week of Oct. 10-15:
Dominic Voegele, Columbia High School, senior, quarterback/defensive back. Voegele rushed for 385 yards and 4 touchdowns on 23 carries in a 28-27 win against Breese Central. Voegele also booted 4 extra points and collected 11 tackles.
Armon Vinson, Belleville East High School, junior, quarterback/defensive back. Vinson completed 10-of-13 passes for 154 yards and 3 touchdowns (no interceptions) in a 41-0 win against Belleville West. Vinson also caught a touchdown pass and had 31-yard touchdown run.
Brent Wuebbels, Highland High School, senior, quarterback/free safety. Wuebbels completed 16-of-21 passes for 182 yards and 4 touchdowns in a 56-0 win against Mascoutah.
Travis Porter, Highland High School, senior, running back/linebacker. Porter rushed for 152 yards on 17 carries against Mascoutah.
Omarion Gooden, Cahokia High School, senior, quarterback/defensive back. Gooden completed 7-of-12 passes for 138 yards and 4 touchdowns in a 56-6 win against Althoff.
Nicholas Deloach Jr., Cahokia High School, senior, wide receiver/cornerback. Deloach Jr. caught touchdown passes of 36 yards and 69 yards, returned an interception 90 yards for a touchdown and returned a punt 65 yards for a touchdown against Althoff.
Zay Norton, Collinsville High School, junior, running back/linebacker. Norton had 7 total tackles, 1 tackle for loss and 1 fumble recovery in a 15-14 win against Champaign Centennial.
Darren Pennell, Collinsville High School, junior, wide receiver/defensive back. Pennell had 5 receptions for 57 yards and 1 touchdown against Champaign Centennial. He also recorded 4 total tackles, 1 tackle for loss and forced 1 fumble.
The poll ended at 10 a.m. Friday.
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.
The next player of the week poll will appear on the BND’s website — www.bnd.com — at 5 a.m. Wednesday. Please email nominations to gvartanian@bnd.com.
Previous poll winners: Travis Porter of Highland High School; Cole Stuart of Freeburg High School; Avery Hesseldenz of Freeburg High School; Braden Revermann of Breese Central High School; Porter; Drake Rensing of Mater Dei Catholic High School; and Chase Lewis of Breese Central High School.
