WHATABURGER / ETBLITZ PLAYERS OF THE WEEK! | WO’s Daniels wins another; Overton’s Edwards wins, as well
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally listed Jayden Edwards as a senior. Mitch had it wrong, and is happy he did… Jayden is just a junior! ETBlitz.com is glad to set the record straight.
The Overton High School baseball team had a heck of a performance last week against New Summerfield.
In fact, Overton’s athletic department has had one heck of a year.
The White Oak Ladynecks softball team?
They’ve had one heck of a season.
And this week’s player of the week honorees recognize two of the most deserving athletes that we’ve had since we’ve began these awards.
From the football team having its best season since like J.R. Ewing was doing business on “Dallas” to the volleyball team winning 35 games, basketball and its success, Kadden Williams having won the super heavyweight state powerlifting individual championship, and both golf teams going to regionals, and now both the softball and baseball teams in the playoffs.
He won the state’s Built Ford Tough Player of the Week Award during week 10 of this past football season, by the way, and also played basketball for the Mustangs. Oh, and competed at the Region II track meet in Palestine. If there were a baking competition, he’d probably have competed in that, too.
In the baseball Mustangs’ 26-0 thrashing of NSHS last week, there were a lot of standouts, but one stood out above the rest: Jayden Edwards, a junior who, like a lot of athletes at Class 2A Overton, competes in a lot of sports.
Edwards’ most recent adventure was helping the Mustangs blister the Hornets on Friday. Edwards had not one, but two home runs, added a single and finished with 6 RBI in the win.
And for that, he’s been named the Whataburger / ETBlitz.com Boys Player of the Week for the week of April 22-27.
And not to be outdone…
Our girls honoree is going down in history – and it’s quite a history – as White Oak’s most decorated Queen of the K, the forward K and the backward-written K.
We’re talking, of course, about the strikeout. And when you’re talking about the strikeout at White Oak now, and you’re talking softball, there’s one name you start with.
That name is Larkin Daniels.
Daniels is but one shining star on a team of them – they’re ALL shining stars, as the Ladynecks, led by coach Ninevah Blankenship, ran through District 15-3A undefeated, and has won 14 straight games.
In a softball season, that is extremely, extremely difficult.
And Daniels is now the career record-holder in strikeouts at a program known for playing softball at a high level.
In the last two games last week – wins in a UIL Class 3A bi-district (first) round best-of-three series over another ETBlitz.com-area program, Tatum – Daniels had 29 strikeouts. She struck out 14 in game one on Thursday night, in a tight battle with Tatum pitcher Noa Cart that White Oak won, 1-0, and then struck out 15 on Friday in a 6-1 series-clincher.
She also had an RBI double in that Friday game.
And, by the way, added to her growing strikeout total, which right now stands at 1,086.
For her performances in the two playoff wins over Tatum, White Oak pitcher Larkin Daniels wins her second Whataburger / ETBlitz.com Girls Player of the Week award of the season – she also won just over a month ago, alongside Kilgore first baseman / pitcher Colt Bullard.
We’re proud of all of our winners. Here’s the complete list of all of them so far:
- WHATABURGER / ETBLITZ.COM PLAYERS OF THE WEEK | First-ever winners are Kilgore’s Diego Rojas, Phenix Rivers!
- WHATABURGER/ ETBLITZ.COM PLAYERS OF THE WEEK | KC stars step up in conference games
- WHATABURGER/ETBLITZ.COM PLAYERS OF THE WEEK | Sabine’s McNatt, Kilgore’s Lexi Lara
- WHATABURGER/ ETBLITZ.COM PLAYERS OF THE WEEK | A Sabine soccer star shines, and a Kilgore Bulldog helps his team get back on track
- WHATABURGER / ETBLITZ.COM PLAYERS OF THE WEEK | KC’s Muttilib, Henderson’s Clater
- WHATABURGER / ETBLITZ.COM PLAYERS OF THE WEEK | It’s McNatt (AGAIN!) and Kilgore’s Cedillo
- WHATABURGER / ETBLITZ.COM PLAYERS OF THE WEEK! | Drumroll, please… Aw, heck; it’s Kilgore’s Reyes and Sabine’s Anguiano
- WHATABURGER / ETBLITZ.COM PLAYERS OF THE WEEK | Kilgore’s Bullard, KC’s Lieme
- BURGESS, BENSON HONORED… | as Whataburger / ETBlitz.com’s Players of the Week
- TANNER BEETS, KC’S INMON | They’re the WHATABURGER / ETBLITZ.COM Players of the Week!
- BULLARD, DANIELS SWIPE ‘EM! | They’re the Whataburger / ETBlitz.com Players of the Week
- THIS JUST IN: STATE TITLES WIN YOU A PLAYER OF THE WEEK! | Overton’s Williams, Henderson’s Norris bring home both (etblitz.com)
- NELSON, LOFTIS & STEVENS | It’s not a law firm; they’re the Whataburger / ETBlitz Players of the Week!
- THE M&Ms TAKE IT | Kilgore’s Martinez, White Oak’s McClanahan wrap up the Whataburger / ETBlitz.com Players of the Week!
- GLADEWATER’S HUNTER, KILGORE’S NELSON | They’re the Whataburger / ETBlitz.com Players of the Week!
- NELSON GOES BACK TO BACK | And Marcott wins, too, our Whataburger / ETBlitz.com Players of the Week!
You know, Whataburger is our favorite here on ETBlitz.com, and here are some pretty wild facts about the ol’ orange-and-white hangout that you might not have known, found on Whataburger.com.
In 2021 – just 2021, alone – Whataburger:
- Served enough 1-ounce Whataburger Fancy and Spicy Ketchup tubs to fill more than six Olympic swimming pools.
- Used enough cheese slices to give one to every person in the United States. That’s over 330 million slices!
- Served 150 school buses full of fresh-cut onions.
- Used enough table tents that if you lined them up, they would stretch across Texas nearly four times. In the same year, more than a million of our table tents also suspiciously went “missing.”
- Dressed burgers with enough mustard to fill a 2,600 square-foot home to the ceiling.
- Cut fresh and served enough lettuce to cover over 30 football fields.
- Whataburger’s original-recipe sauces are sold in 5,000 grocery stores across 25 states and Mexico – that’s more than five times as many stores as we have restaurants in more than twice as many states.
Whataburger stores are open all the time – they don’t close – for breakfast, lunch or dinner, and their menu is easy to navigate (if it wasn’t, Mitch couldn’t do it!) at the link above. Go today. We actually probably will – and then again tomorrow night, right before (or after) the baseball or softball game we’re covering!