Graphic by Heather Belcher
Play Sheet Sports is launching a Player of the Week award!
Each week, players who are a part of winning teams have the opportunity to be nominated from schools in Nicholas, Fayette, Greenbrier, Raleigh, Monroe, Summers, Wyoming, Mercer and McDowell counties.
Each week Play Sheet publisher Tyler Jackson and a special guest picker will make their selections for the Player of the Week winner. The poll will then be used as a tiebreaker should the two disagree.
The overall poll winner will still be acknowledged each week for their community’s efforts in pushing their cause.
The nomination process can occur in two ways – coaches of teams that won a game during the week can email a nomination by 10 a.m. on Sunday morning with supporting statistics to [email protected]. If a coach has not nominated a player, Play Sheet Sports will select one from each team that submitted a box score or was covered in some capacity during the week.
With so many great teammate performances, this week’s poll has included pairs of teammates.
This week’s poll will close Friday, March 21 at 11:59 p.m.
- Coby Dillon and Jaylon Walton, Beckley – Dillon netted 27 points to power Beckley to a regional road win over South Charleston, clinching a state tournament berth while Walton added nine.
- Jack Williams and Jalon Bailey, Shady Spring – Both seniors dominated in a regional win over Herbert Hoover, scoring 23 points each in the win to send Shady to the state tournament for the fifth consecutive season.
- Kadien Vance and Bryson Blankenship, Westside – Vance and Blankenship combined for 40 points, 24 and 16, respectively, as Westside clinched its first state tournament berth since 2018.
- Broc Johnson and Konnor Fox, Wyoming East – Johnson and Fox led the scoring charge, combining for 39 points, 15 and 14, respectively, powering Wyoming East to its first state tournament berth since 2022.
- Keegan Davidson and Drew Fitzwater, Greater Beckley – Fitzwater and Davidson netted 31 points, 19 and 12, respectively, as Greater Beckley earned its first state tournament berth since 2022.
- Tristen Cline and Tyler Hagerman, Montcalm – Cline and Hagerman combined for 33 points, 19 and 14, respectively, as the Generals earned their first state tournament berth since 1978.
Previous Winners
Jalon Bailey, Shady Spring (won the tiebreaker over Kadien Vance)
Kadien Vance, Westside
Jase Smith, Bluefield
Community Choice
Britt Beasley, Princeton
Britt Beasley, Princeton
Drew Fitzwater, Greater Beckley
