Vote: Who should be SBLive's Arkansas high school athlete of the week (2/5/2024)?
Here are the candidates for SBLive’s Arkansas high school athlete of the week for Jan. 29-Feb. 4. Read through the nominees and cast your vote. Voting will conclude Sunday at 11:59 p.m. If you would like to make a nomination in a future week, email nate@scorebooklive.com.
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Oliver Barr, Valley View boys basketball
The 6-5 junior scored a career-high 32 points in a 66-36 victory over Batesville.
Audrey Blair, Marshall girls basketball
The 5-9 junior scored 23 points with 15 rebounds in a 65-49 victory over Izard County Consolidated.
Keely Blanchard, Norfork girls basketball
The 5-10 senior scored 26 points with 10 rebounds and 5 blocks in a 63-21 victory over Calico Rock. She scored 19 points with 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals in a 54-49 victory over Quitman. She scored 15 points in a 48-41 victory over Concord.
Emerie Bohannon, Conway girls basketball
The 5-7 junior scored 30 points in a 78-65 victory over North Little Rock.
Jacob Carlton, West Side Greers Ferry boys basketball
The senior scored 27 points in a 73-60 victory over Quitman. He scored 28 points in a 71-41 victory over Shirley. He scored 34 points in a 74-45 victory over Nemo Vista.
Miciah Fusile, Camden Fairview girls basketball
The freshman scored 36 points with 15 rebounds in a 71-63 victory over Magnolia.
Jake Jones, Hoxie boys basketball
The 6-2 senior scored 36 points with 8 rebounds, 2 blocks and made 7 three-pointers in a 76-48 victory over Newport.
Tray Griffin, Emerson boys basketball
Griffin scored 34 points with 7 rebounds in a 64-60 victory over Hermitage.
Andrew Mack, Dierks boys basketball
The senior scored 39 points with 18 rebounds in a 59-48 victory over Spring Hill. He also topped the 1,500-career point park and 1,000 career rebounds.
Dessie McCarty, Mount Vernon-Enola girls basketball
The 6-0 senior scored 28 points in a 54-13 victory over Mountain Pine. She scored 32 points in a 73-40 victory over Marshall.
Brooklyn Mitchell, Harrison girls basketball
The 5-8 sophomore scored 25 points and made 5 three-pointers with 5 assists and 4 rebounds in a 44-37 victory over Alma. She scored 16 points, made 3-of-6 three-pointers and had 3 rebounds and 4 assists in a 53-50 loss to Greenbrier. She scored 15 points, made 3 three-pointers and had 4 rebounds in a 78-42 loss to Greenwood.
Kinley Morris, Brookland girls basketball
The 5-9 senior topped 1,000 career points by scoring 25 points in a 47-37 victory over Highland. She scored 21 points in a 55-36 victory over Batesville Southside.
Jaeden Newsom, England boys basketball
The 6-1 senior scored 28 points with 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals in a 58-32 victory over Valley Springs.
Brooklyn Owens, Stuttgart girls basketball
The 5-4 sophomore scored 17 points with 4 assists, 4 steals and 3 rebounds in a 49-38 victory over Warren. She scored 20 points with 2 blocks, 3 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 assists in a 49-45 loss to Mills. She scored 44 points with 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals in a 62-57 loss to Watson Chapel.
Annabelle Perry, Paris girls basketball
The 5-10 junior scored 31 points in a 43-37 win over Cedarville and topped 1,000 points in her career. She scored 25 points in a 57-53 loss to Hackett.
Ty Robinson, Lake Hamilton boys basketball
The 6-4 senior scored 25 points with 8 rebounds and 4 assists in a 72-39 victory over Sheridan. He scored 17 points with 4 rebounds in a 64-52 victory over White Hall. He scored 24 points with 10 rebounds and 7 assists in a 62-28 victory over Hot Springs.
Whitley Rogers, Little Rock Christian Academy girls basketball
The 5-11 sophomore scored 21 points with 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks 49-34 victory over Beebe.
Kori Sanders, Lamar girls basketball
The junior scored 18 points with 14 rebounds and 10 assists in a 51-39 victory over Mayflower.
Liza Shaddy, Norfork girls basketball
The 5-9 senior scored 26 points in a 63-21 victory over Calico Rock. She scored 26 points with 7 rebounds in a 54-49 victory over Quitman. She scored 26 points with 5 three-pointers in a 48-41 victory over Concord.
Tayler Spencer, Shirley boys basketball
The 5-9 senior scored 27 points in a 72-60 victory over Calico Rock. He scored 12 points in a 71-41 loss to West Side Greers Ferry. He scored 30 points in a 94-88 victory over Omaha.
Tyler Spencer, Shirley boys basketball
The 5-8 senior scored 43 points in a 43 points in a 94-88 victory over Omaha.
Blaine Tate, Mountain Home boys basketball
The 5-9 junior scored 22 points with a state-record 12 steals and 8 rebounds in a 59-49 victory over Siloam Springs.
Layne Taylor, Farmington boys basketball
The 6-0 senior scored 29 points with 4 rebounds and 8 assists in a 87-40 victory over Huntsville and topped the 3,000-career point mark. He scored 22 points with 3 rebounds and 7 assists in a 88-45 victory over Gentry.
Brayeson Timms, Riverside boys basketball
The 5-8 junior scored 33 points in a 84-70 victory over Earle.
Anna Trusty, Greenwood girls basketball
The 6-1 senior scored 20 points with 7 steals, 3 steals and 3 assists in a 78-42 victory over Harrison. She scored 21 points with 9 rebounds, 4 steals and 2 assists in a 89-55 victory over Russellville.
Rakebrien Wallace, Lakeside Lake Village boys basketball
The 6-1 junior scored 25 points with 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals while shooting 9-of-13 from the floor and 7-of-11 on three pointers in a 70-60 victory over DeWitt.
--Jeff Halpern I @SBLive AR