Poll: Vote for the Southwestern Illinois Athlete of the Week

Prep fall season in the metro-east continues.

Now’s your chance to vote for the Belleville News-Democrat’s High School Athlete of the Week. The poll closes at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 13.

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Here are this week’s nominees:

Alayna Sental, Breese Central High School, Senior, Right Side Hitter

Sental had 81 kills with 14 points scored during the Cougars six-game winning streak through the week.

Hayes Van Breusegen, Columbia High School, Junior, Forward

Van Breusegen scored 7 goals last week in wins over Alton Marquette, Roxana and Maryville Christian.

Allie Becker, Mascoutah High School, Senior, Server

Becker had 11 kills, 4 blocks, 8 digs and scored 12 points on 19 serves in a win over Jerseyville and loss against Breese Central.

Brady Hemminghaus, Columbia High School, Junior, Goal Keeper

Hemminghaus had 3 shutouts last week and 4 straight including 0-0 tie with Triad, for 12 total shutouts on the year, leading St. Louis Metropolitan area.

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Want to nominate an athlete? The BND Athlete of the Week highlights high school varsity 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 Ahmad Lathan at alathan@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’ll post the results later this week after the poll closes.

Thanks for your responses!

This story was originally published October 10, 2023 at 11:43 AM with the headline "Poll: Vote for the Southwestern Illinois Athlete of the Week."