Mallory Dover of the Clover golf team is The Herald’s Athlete of the Week
Mallory Dover of the Clover golf team is The Herald’s Athlete of the Week.
Last week, the Blue Eagle junior shot a 78 to finish third at the Region 3-5A tournament at the Chester Golf Club.
Dover, who earned all-region honors, qualified for the 5A Upper State tournament as an individual and played in the event earlier this week — and she scored a 78, which was good enough for the 15th spot overall.
She has earned a place in the state tournament, which starts next week.
There were 26,220 votes cast in this week’s poll. Dover earned 29.5% of the vote; Ben McCall of Clover cross country earned 26.3% of the vote; and Grace Duey of Fort Mill volleyball earned 13% of the vote.
View of the nominees for this week’s award below.
Meet this week’s finalists
Victoria Baranski, Northwestern tennis. The Trojan eighth-grader won four matches this past week: Baranski won her No. 1 singles match (6-0, 6-0) in a 4-2 loss at Fort Mill on Oct. 11. She then won in both singles (6-2, 6-1) and at No. 1 doubles (6-4, 7-6) with teammate Ivanah Johnson to lead the Trojans to a 4-3 win at Spring Valley on Oct. 12. And then to end off her week? Baranski won her No. 1 singles match (6-1, 6-0) to lead Northwestern to a 4-2 victory over Indian Land on Oct. 14. Baranski is 13-0 in singles and 3-0 in doubles for Northwestern (8-7) this season.
Alivia Cleveland, Fort Mill cross country. The eighth grader ran a personal-best 18:29.22 to finish third individually in the Girls Varsity Elite race at the Starlight Run at Riverside High in Greer this past week. (Cleveland’s efforts helped her cross country team to a bronze finish in Greer.) Cleveland also ran a 19:59.90 to win at Gaffney on Oct. 12.
Jack Dollyhigh, Fort Mill swimming. The Fort Mill sophomore helped the Yellow Jackets to a fifth-place finish at the 5A state championships at the Charleston Aquatic Center on Oct. 11. Dollyhigh finished eighth in the 200 freestyle, ninth in the 500 freestyle and third in the 400 freestyle relay (with teammates Owen Fey, Zac Nelson and Max Reichert).
Mallory Dover, Clover golf.
Grace Duey, Fort Mill volleyball. The junior outside hitter had a big week: Duey had 14 kills, 12 digs and five aces in 3-1 win at Boiling Springs on Oct. 12. She also had 20 kills, 17 digs and two aces in a 3-1 victory over Gaffney on Oct. 14. (Duey has notched 223 kills, 199 digs and 40 aces for a Fort Mill team (17-7 as of Monday) that is boasting its best record to date since the 2005 season.)
Olivia Gandy, Andrew Jackson volleyball. The senior libero had 38 digs, five kills and three aces as the Volunteers went 3-3 on the court this week. Andrew Jackson (12-4) beat Camden, Central Pageland and Lugoff-Elgin and lost to Camden (who AJ played twice), Gilbert and North Central. Gandy has 306 digs, 34 kills, 28 aces and 10 assists for Andrew Jackson this season.
Claire Hivner, Catawba Ridge tennis. The Copperhead sophomore won her singles match (6-1, 6-0) to lead Catawba Ridge to a 6-0 win over Nation Ford on Oct. 12. She also teamed with Sarah Taylor to win a tiebreaker (7-5) that clinched the win over Rock Hill on Oct. 14. Hivner is 10-5 in singles’ play for Catawba Ridge this season.
Ben McCall, Clover cross country. The senior set a Clover course record — running a 17:12 to finish first-place individually — while leading his team to a runner-up finish at a home meet on Oct. 12. (McCall ran his personal-best at the Trojan Invitational at Northwestern earlier this year.)
Emmanuel Paddyfote, York cross country. The Cougar senior ran a 16:44.50 to win individually and to also lead his York team to victory over Catawba Ridge on Oct. 14. Paddyfote dominated the field — his 16:44.50 was 1:45 faster than the race’s second-place finisher.
Alex Ritz, Catawba Ridge swimming. The Catawba Ridge junior swam personal-best times to finish fifth in both the 100 freestyle (49.12) and 100 breaststroke (1:01.49) at the 5A state championships at the Charleston Aquatic Center on Oct. 11. Ritz also helped the 200 freestyle relay team (with Ethan Curtis, Jonathan Gawik, Jake Root) to a sixth-place finish at states.
Full results here
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How to nominate
Athlete of the Week awards highlight high school players with outstanding performances. The goal is to recognize all athletes — both the accomplished and the underrated/underappreciated players. If you want to suggest someone to be included in the ballot in future weeks, send an email to Jay Edwards at edwardswork23@gmail.com. Please include the athlete’s name, school, class and applicable game performance statistics. Coaches must be willing to verify information. The Herald reserves the right to remove a name from the poll at its discretion.
This story was originally published October 18, 2021 at 4:00 PM.
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