Poll results: Gibault Catholic senior BND Baseball Player of the Week in southwest IL
Daniel Darin of Gibault Catholic 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, Darin, a senior, outfielder, first baseman and pitcher, hit a HR and had 4 RBI in an 11-1 victory against Marissa in the IHSA Class 1A Valmeyer Regional championship game.
Darin, who secured 50% of the votes, entered Saturday’s sectional championship game against Christ Our Rock Lutheran batting .414 with 5 home runs and 27 RBI for the 20-14 Hawks. Darin also was unscored upon in 10 innings this season heading into action Saturday.
Here were the other candidates for the week of May 15-20:
- Lucas Huebner, Edwardsville High School, junior, C. Huebner had 2 hits and 3 RBI in a 6-1 win against Triad as the Tigers entered the week at 26-9.
- Dylan Mannino, Belleville East High School, senior, P. Mannino notched 7 strikeouts in a 10-0 victory over Collinsville, helping the Lancers enter the week at 20-13.
- Gabe Smith, Father McGivney High School, senior, INF/P. Smith had 2 hits in a 13-2 win against Wood River in regional action. He then notched 11 strikeouts in 6 innings while earning the victory in a 8-0 decision over Roxana in the IHSA Class 2A Roxana Regional championship game for the Griffins, who entered sectional action this week at 36-1.
- Nick Widel, Freeburg High School, junior, P. Wedel threw 7 strikeouts while tossing 5 2/3 shutout innings in a 8-0 victory over Sparta in the IHSA Class 2A Sparta Regional semifinals. The Midgets finished the season at 22-14.
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.
Due to the Memorial Day holiday, 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.
Previous winners: Joe Mendiola of Belleville East High School; Connor Blue of O’Fallon High School; Brady Biffar of Gibault Catholic High School; Dylan Mannino of Belleville East High School; Caeleb Copeland of Edwardsville High School; and Dawson Vernier of Belleville East High School.
