Here are the State Journal-Register's athlete of the week nominees.
The poll closes at noon on Friday. Information about the nominees is below. Gillespie's Sadie Sholtis won last week's poll.
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Building momentum:Why Sacred Heart-Griffin girls soccer is turning up the pressure this season
Pawnee football:Meet the new head football coach at Pawnee: Josh Talley
Still at the top:Why Gillespie baseball remains a threat despite loss of SJ-R player of the year
Senators blending in:How Springfield High girls soccer found its groove again
On the hardwood:PORTA, Williamsville pick assistants Schnapp, Shade as new girls basketball coaches
Best of the best:Ms. Basketball of Illinois Kloe Froebe now in a league of her own for central Illinois' best players
Natalie Alexander, Chatham Glenwood, girls track and field
The senior claimed three events and Chatham Glenwood captured its home invite on Friday. The Titans won first place out of 11 teams. Alexander won the 200-meter dash in 26.06 seconds and her signature event, the 300-meter hurdles, in 48.37 seconds. She also contributed to the winning 4x100 relay (50.11 seconds) with teammates Trinity Caldwell, Breashira Hemingway and Layne Matthew.
Jillian Cameron, Pleasant Plains, softball
The senior hit a walk-off RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning to escape with a 9-8 nonconference win over Pawnee on Monday. Cameron, hitting from the No. 9 hole, finished with two hits and two runs.
Alyse Day, Rochester, girls soccer
The senior goalkeeper saved the day with a penalty kick save and totaled four saves in a 1-0 shutout win over Quincy Notre Dame at Sacred Heart-Griffin on Friday. She also had four saves in a 3-0 nonconference win over Mahomet-Seymour on Monday.
Seth Impson, Springfield High, baseball
The senior pitcher carried the Senators to a 2-0 Central State Eight Conference win over Sacred Heart-Griffin on Wednesday. Impson struck out seven in a complete game. He gave up just five hits and one walk.
Rylann Law, Chatham Glenwood, girls soccer
The junior scored two goals and the Titans got all its scoring in the first half to capture a 3-0 Central State Eight Conference win over Rochester on Wednesday.
Luke Martin, Mount Pulaski, baseball
The sophomore supplied the walk-off single with one out and the Hilltoppers scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to rally for a 6-5 nonconference victory over Southeast on Friday.
Izzy Nowack, Williamsville, softball
The junior homered and drove in five runs in an 11-8 nonconference win over Washington on Saturday. In the bottom of the first, Nowack singled to left field to score both Naomi Roberts and Reese Larson to give the Bullets a 3-0 lead. She belted a grand slam and wound up with three hits and seven RBIs in a 10-9 nonconference loss to Geneseo on Friday.
Lexie Patton, Buffalo Tri-City/Sangamon Valley, softball
The sophomore hit the go-ahead RBI single and the Tornadoes broke the game open with five runs in the sixth inning en route to a 13-10 nonconference win over North Mac on Wednesday. Tiffany Farley and Lily Woodworth also produced RBI singles in the sixth and TCSV (15-3) led 13-8 by the end of the frame. Patton additionally belted a solo home run in the third inning and finished 3-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs.
Carly Szoke, Athens, softball
The senior served up the walk-off RBI double in the seventh inning en route to a 5-4 nonconference win over Rushville-Industry on Monday. Szoke finished with two hits and two RBIs.
Alek Terlecki, Chatham Glenwood, baseball
The junior delivered the walk-off, three-RBI double with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Titans to a 4-3 Central State Eight Conference win over Sacred Heart-Griffin on Saturday.
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