A .692 batting average over four games helped Alex Holmes of the the Watkins Glen/Odessa-Montour baseball earn Athlete of the Week honors for the week ending April 27.
Holmes went 9-for-13 with a triple, double, 10 runs, nine stolen bases and four RBIs from April 21 to 27 to lead the team otherwise known as Schuyler Storm to a 3-1 record.
He received 52.7% of the 22,421 online votes cast among five nominees. Susquehanna Valley softball player Danica LaBarre was runner-up with 46.4% of votes received. The other nominees were Corning softball player Matti Johnston, Horseheads boys lacrosse player Brady Woodworth and Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton track & field athlete Collin Dicks.
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Vote for this week's winner
Five athletes have been chosen as nominees for Athlete of the Week for the period of April 28 to May 4.
Voting will be open until the end of the day Wednesday to decide the winner from the coverage areas of the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin, Elmira Star-Gazette, Ithaca Journal and Corning Leader.
Nominees are based primarily on results reported to bgmsports@gannett.com or events covered by sports reporters from the publications.
Last Week: Vestal slugger Caitlyn Petteys voted Athlete of Week
The nominees:
Panayiota Anastos, Maine-Endwell track & field : She had a busy two days, winning a combined four events at the Vestal Golden Bear Mixed Relays on Friday and the Horseheads Blue Shoes Invitational on Saturday. Anastos won the shot put (38 feet, 4.25 inches) and discus (108-7) at Vestal and both events at Horseheads, with efforts of 34 feet, 11.5 inches in the shot put and 110 feet, 5 inches in the discus.
Micah Hays, Horseheads baseball : Hays contributed to a 4-0 week for the Blue Raiders, who clinched the STAC West title along the way. He pitched a one-hitter with 12 strikeouts in a 1-0 win over Ithaca, driving home the game's only run with a single. Hays went 1-for-2 with a homer and three RBIs in a 19-5 win against Ithaca to cap the week.
Addison Makowski, Deposit-Hancock softball : Makowski pitched 21 1/3 innings over four games and surrendered five hits and one earned run, striking out 44 and walking six. Highlights included a five-inning no-hitter with 13 strikeouts in a 17-0 win over Harpursville and 18 strikeouts in a two-hitter to lead D-H to a 6-1 win against Bainbridge-Guilford.
Lauren Paske, Chenango Forks track & field : Paske was a double-winner at Friday's Legends of the Night Invitational at Odessa-Montour. She won the discus with a toss of 98 feet, 7 inches and was 6 feet better than the runner-up in taking the shot put with a distance of 35 feet, 0.75 inches.
Caitlin Yearick, Horseheads softball : Yearick had three three-hit games during the week and in total connected for 10 hits in 18 at-bats over five games. She was 3-for-3 with a triple and an RBI in a 12-4 win over Sidney, 3-for-5 with two homers and four RBIs in a 24-15 triumph against Corning, and 3-for-4 with six RBIs in an 8-4 victory over Cicero-North Syracuse.
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