Poll results: Belleville East senior BND Baseball Player of the Week in southwest IL

Joe Mendiola of Belleville East High School is the winner of this week’s Belleville News-Democrat Baseball Player of the Week high school poll, as selected by readers of bnd.com.

In recent action, Mendiola, a senior infielder/pitcher went 8-for-15 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI. Overall, Mendiola, who secured 78% of the votes, entered the weekend batting .444 with 1 homer and 14 RBI and an on base percentage of .528 and a slugging percentage of .733.

Here were the other candidates for the week of April 3-8:

• Brady Coon, Triad High School, junior, P/IF. Coon had 3 hits and 1 RBI in a 10-0 win against CBC. He then had 1 hit and 1 RBI in a 6-1 win against Granite City.
• Nathan Dima, Belleville West High School, junior, P. Dima pitched a completed game while posting 6 strikeouts in a 1-0 loss against Belleville East. Dima also had 1 hit in a 2-1 win over Salem.
• Jacob Flowers, Civic Memorial High School, freshman, P. Flowers had 7 strikeouts in an 8-5 win over Wood River.
• Bryce Lemp, Collinsville High School, junior, P/OF. Lemp had a single, triple, and 3 home runs at the plate, helping lead the Kahoks team to a 4-0 record last week. He also pitched 6 innings and had 11 strikeouts in a 5-inning win against Civic Memorial. Additionally, Lemp had 1 hit and 3 RBI in a 10-0 win over Ladue and 2 homers and 5 RBI in a 10-0 victory over Staunton.
• Chase Lewis, Breese Central High School, senior, P/IF. Lewis had 3 hits and 3 RBI in a 15-0 win against Okawville. He also had 1 hit and 2 RBI in a 10-0 victory over Hillsboro.
• Lucas Riebeling, Columbia High School, junior, IF/P. Riebeling had 2 hits and 4 RBI in a 13-1 win over Breese Central.

The poll ended at 8 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 poll will appear on the BND’s website — www.bnd.com — at 5 a.m. Tuesday. Please email nominations to gvartanian@bnd.com.