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. 20.
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Here are this week’s nominees:
Lindsey Muskopf, Freeburg High School, Senior, 6-Rotation Outside
Muskopf collected 46 kills, 66 digs, 27 service points, and 4 solo blocks in 6 matches. Lindsey was also named the tournament MVP at the Monster Mash tournament over the weekend after the teams championship victory over Mascoutah.
Ella Jackstadt, Breese Central High School, Junior, 6-Rotation Setter
Jackstadt led her team to win the championship over Columbia at the O’Fallon Autumn Classic and made the All-Tournament Team at O’Fallon Autumn Classic. In 7 games, she totaled 170 assists, 44 digs, 64 serve attempts, 11 assisted blocks, and 9 kills.
Adam Reiniger, Collinsville High School, Senior, Forward
Reiniger had 3 goals along with the game-winning goal in the Kahoks 5-2 victory over O’Fallon.
Micah James, Columbia High School, Junior, Forward
James had 2 goals in the Eagles 8-0 victory over Metro-East Lutheran.
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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 18, 2023 at 11:36 AM with the headline "Poll: Vote for the Southwestern Illinois Athlete of the Week."