Vote: Who should be SBLive’s North Carolina High School Baseball Player of the Week (3/11/2024)?

Here are 10 players for your voting consideration

Mike Duprez | Mar 11, 2024

Vote: Who should be SBLive’s North Carolina High School Baseball Player of the Week (3/11/2024)? /

We have 10 players nominated this week for SBLive’s North Carolina High School Baseball Player of the Week from March 3-9 and we ask you, the fans, to help decide who should indeed be the top athlete selected. Voting will conclude on Saturday, March 16 at 11:59 p.m. and the winner will be announced in next week’s poll.

Congratulations to last week's winner: Brody Little of Trinity.

Here are this week's nominees:

Dalton Hazlett, Northwest Cabarrus

The senior right-hander had a splendid outing, throwing a one-hitter with 11 strikeouts and a walk as the Trojans beat Lake Norman Charter 7-0.

Brett Smith, Uwharrie Charter

Smith threw the first five innings of a combined no-hitter, striking out nine, as the 1-A defending state champions beat The Burlington School 2-1.

Harrison Holbrook, West Wilkes

Wilkes turned on the power by smashing a pair of two-run homers in a 10-8 loss to Watauga.

Bryant Kimbrell, Pinecrest

It doesn’t get much more exciting than this. Bryant Kimbrell blasted a three-run walkoff home run as the Patriots beat Myers Park 4-1. On top of that, he was the winning pitcher with 1 1/3 innings of relief.

Reese Guertin, South Mecklenburg

Guertin supplied the bulk of the run production by going 2-for-5 with a double and 3 RBIs as the Sabres beat Lake Norman 5-4 in nine innings.

Sawyer Black, Wesleyan Christian Academy

Black was 2-for-4 with a home run, triple and 2 RBIs in the Trojans’ 5-0 win over Covenant Day.

B.J. Brown, Lee County

Brown went 2-for-3 with a home run, double and 3 RBIs as the Yellow Jackets beat Union Pines 7-3. He was also 2-for-4 with a double and 2 RBIs in a 13-8 win over Cape Fear.

Gabe Adams, Wayne Country Day

Adams pitched 6 1/3 innings, allowing five hits and three unearned runs with seven strikeouts as the Chargers beat Charlotte Christian 5-3. Adams was also 2-for-3 with a home run and 2 RBIs in a 20-10 win over Faith Christian.

Austin Hardy, Greene Central

Hardy was overpowering from the mound by firing a five-inning one hitter with 14 strikeouts in the Rams’ 12-0 rout of Eastern Wayne.

Carson Dahle, East Lincoln

Dahle was 3-for-3 with a double and 3 RBIs as the Mustangs knocked off North Gaston 8-1.

Published Mar 11, 2024

MIKE DUPREZ

Mike Duprez became a freelance sports journalist for Scorebooklive.com several months after retiring from the newspaper business. A native of Oakland, California, Duprez moved around as a child due to his father’s service in the United States Marine Corps. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981. Duprez, who lives in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, had 30 years of experience in newspapers as well as other endeavors before retiring at the end of 2021. He covers stories in both North Carolina and South Carolina for Scorebooklive.com.