By Andy Walter

DOVER — Dover High baseball player Brandon Yoder was voted this week’s State News Athlete of the Week.

The senior pitched five shutout innings and went 4-for-5 with a home run and four RBI as the Senators beat Delmarva Christian, 10-0, to stretch their winning streak to nine games in a row.

Yoder also had two hits and scored a run in a 6-2 win over Caravel.

Yoder, who also plays soccer and kicked on the Senators’ football team, went 8-for-13 for the week with five runs scored and a pair of stolen bases. He is batting .362 this season with 14 RBIs and is a perfect eight for eight in stolen-base attempts.

In college, Yoder is planning to play baseball at Salisbury University.

“Brandon had a slow start to the season, but has really picked it up this second half of the year,” said Dover coach Nick Spadafino. “He is a great leader for our program and is a big reason for our late-season success.”

The Athlete of the Week is nominated and chosen by our readers. The nominating period starts at 2 p.m. on Friday and ends at noon on Monday. A voting period follows from 5 p.m. Monday through 5 p.m. Wednesday.

This process is performed exclusively online. When nominating an athlete, please include name, school and sport as well as a photo and brief description of why he or she deserves that week’s honor.

All nominations must be high school varsity athletes and come from high schools within Kent or Sussex counties. The winner appears in print and online each Sunday.

Here is the link to nominate someone for next week’s award:

https://delawarestatenews.secondstreetapp.com/Athlete-of-the-Week-5-26-24/gallery/

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