Vote now: Who should be SBLive’s Arkansas high school athlete of the week?
Here are the candidates for SBLive’s Arkansas high school athlete of the week for March 29-April 4 as nominated by fans, readers and SBLive’s staff. Read through the nominees and cast your vote at the bottom of the page. Voting will conclude Sunday at 11:59 p.m. If you would like to make a nomination in a future week, email jd@scorebooklive.com or tag us on Twitter or Instagram at @sbliveark.
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Keegan Allen, Bentonville baseball: Allen homered to send the game to extra innings, then drew a bases-loaded walk in the eighth to bring in the winning run in a 3-2 victory over North Little Rock. He drove in all three of Bentonville’s runs and pitched a scoreless inning of relief.
Mason Bell, Cabot boys track: Bell turned in a person-best time of 22.66 to win the 200 meters race at the Central/LR Southwest Open Meet.
Woyn Chatman, Little Rock Central boys track: Chatman took first place in the 100 (10.99) and 400 (49.46) at the Central/LR Southwest Open Meet.
Caden Elsik, Farmington baseball: Elsik went 5 for 5 — including a two-run homer in the top of the first inning — to lead Farmington to a 14-11 victory over Shiloh Christian on Friday.
Ty Frakes, Rogers baseball: Frakes delivered a game-winning sacrifice fly to lift Rogers to a 2-1 victory over Kansas City Rock Bridge.
Madison Holloway, Conway girls track: Holloway PR’d in three events — high jump, long jump and triple jump — and won all three at the Central/LR Southwest Open Meet.
Ava Johnson, Rogers softball: Johnson singled home the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning (her second hit of the game) as Rogers defeated Morrilton, 3-2.
Kaleb Knox, Bryant boys track: Knox won the long jump and the 300 hurdles (a personal-best 42.53) at the Central/LR Southwest Open Meet.
Isabella Martinez, Bryant girls track: Martinez PR’d in the shot put (28-03.75) and discus (82-00), finishing first in both events at the Central/LR Southwest Open Meet.
Jerron Massengale, Lamar baseball: Massengale was 3 for 5 with three RBIs and three runs in a 17-1 rout of Berryville.
Emily Perry, Bentonville softball: Perry homered three times Saturday — once against Morrilton, again versus Greenwood, another facing Brookland — to help the Tigers notch three blowout wins (19-0, 9-2 and 7-0, respectively).
Madison Pratt, Har-Ber softball: Pratt was 2 for 2 with a homer and two RBIs in an 8-6 victory over Russellville.
Miguel Reyes, Rogers Heritage boys soccer: Reyes had four goals in Rogers Heritage’s 5-0 victory against Fort Smith Southside.
Kamaria Russell, Little Rock Central girls track: Russell sprinted to victory in the 100 and 200 meters at the Central/LR Southwest Open Meet. She placed third in the long jump.
Ryann Sanders, Bentonville softball: Sanders blasted three home runs and drove in six during a 25-0 rout of Russellville on Friday.
Casey Shipley, Prairie Grove baseball: Shipley fired a four-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts to lead the Tigers to a 4-0 win over Pea Ridge.
Andrew Wagner, Bentonville boys soccer: Wagner recorded a hat trick to lead Bentonville to a 3-1 win over Fayetteville.
Kasey Wood, Bentonville softball: Wood pitched a one-hitter and struck out 11 as the Tigers shut out Brookland 7-0 on Saturday. Later in the day, she homered as part of a 19-0 blowout of Morrilton.