Whitehouse's Ben Reed. (Whitehouse ISD)

Whitehouse’s Ben Reed and Grand Saline’s Landon Mayne have earned Tyler Morning Telegraph Baseball Player of the Week honors for games played March 17-22.

Reed was selected as the Hitter of the Week, and Mayne was chosen as the Pitcher of the Week.

Reed went 5-for-8 (.625) with two inside-the-park home runs, eight RBIs, five runs and four stolen bases in wins over Nacogdoches and Tyler.

Reed also homered in a March 15 game against Lufkin to give him three straight games with a home run for the Wildcats. Reed is second in the state in RBIs with 31.

Mayne, a senior, threw a no-hitter in a 14-0 win over Mineola. Mayne struck out 14 batters and walked one in the six-inning victory.

In other outstanding performances in the area last week (nominated by coaches):

PITCHING

Tyler Legacy’s Calvin Rippy pitched six innings, allowing no runs on four hits with two strikeouts and a walk on 67 pitches in six innings in a win over North Forney.

Whitehouse senior Winn Harriss threw a no-hitter against Nacogodches with eight strikeouts and three walks. Harriss is in the top 10 in the state in strikeouts.

Lindale sophomore Jackson LeGrow threw a no-hitter against Brownsboro. LeGrow had six strikeouts and allowed two walks in seven innings.

Van’s Grady Baetz picked up a win, allowing two earned runs with 10 strikeouts in six innings.

Grand Saline senior Carson Brown allowed two unearned runs on three hits with one walk in six innings in a 12-2 win over Mineola.

Arp’s Caden Cliborn pitched a complete game against White Oak, allowing three earned runs with eight strikeouts and three walks.

Quitman junior Davis Watson threw a two-hit shutout in a five-winning win over Winona, striking out 14 batters in 15 outs recorded.

HITTING

Van’s Connor McCurley went 5-for-8 (.625) with three doubles, an RBI and a run.

Arp’s Will Sanford went 3-for-8 (.375) with three doubles, an RBI and a run.

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East Texas teams ranked in the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association rankings are Hallsville No. 10 in 5A; Pleasant Grove No. 2 and Spring Hill No. 5 in 4A; Liberty-Eylau No. 1, Huntington No. 9 and Diboll No. 19 in 3A; and Kerens No. 7 and Garrison No. 10 in 2A. Also receiving votes are Whitehouse in 5A; Bullard and Lindale in 4A; Central Heights in 3A; and Beckville, Frankston, Harleton and Overton in 2A.

East Texas teams ranked in the txhighschoolbaseball.com rankings are Hallsville No. 9, Corsicana No. 18 and Whitehouse No. 25 in 5A; Pleasant Grove No. 2, Spring Hill No. 6, Lindale No. 14 and Van No. 19 in 4A; Liberty-Eylau No. 1, Central Heights No. 9, Huntington No. 12, Diboll No. 14, Tatum No. 17 and Edgewood No. 21 in 3A; Harleton No. 2, Garrison No. 6, Kerens No. 11, Beckville No. 13, Frankston No. 16 and Honey Grove No. 22 in 2A; Brookeland No. 7 and Union Hill No. 9 in 1A; and Brook Hill No. 8 in Large Private Schools.

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Coaches are asked to send in their nominations to brandon.ogden@tylerpaper.com or sports@tylerpaper.com by 11 a.m. each Tuesday.