VOTE: Baseball Player of Week 3, presented by Atlantic City Electric

Each week we will feature some of the top performances across South Jersey baseball diamonds in our seven-county coverage area.

Who had the best week? Vote in the poll at the end of the story. Voting will close on Friday afternoon.

Buena's Ronnie Menne was the top vote getter last week, garnering 42.3 percent of the 5.3K votes recorded. Timber Creek's Ryan Dobrowolski and Bishop Eustace's Roman Faiola rounded out the top three vote getters.

Burlington County Scholastic League

Carter Conrad, Delran. The sophomore closed the week out with a pair of multi-hit games, going 5-for-6 with three RBIs, as the Bears defeated Maple Shade and Pitman. Conrad is off to a sizzling start with a team-best 13 hits and 10 RBIs, batting .500 (13-for-26).

Brandon Snow, Moorestown Friends. The Foxes rattled off three straight wins for their first 3-0 start in 11 years and Snow was white-hot during the stretch. The senior went 7-for-13 (.538) with six runs scored, four RBIs and four stolen bases.

Liam Velit, Northern Burlington. The senior catcher has started April with a bang, driving in 12 runs in four games as the Greyhounds extended their unbeaten streak to seven. Velit closed the week out with homers in consecutive games, collecting seven RBIs, in wins over Holy Cross Academy and Allentown. He’s hitting .440 with 17 RBIs for the season.

Colonial Conference

John Antrilli, Collingswood. The senior batted .600 (6-for-10), collecting a hit and RBI in each of the Panthers’ three games. He had a run-scoring single in a 7-4 win over previously undefeated Haddon Heights on April 9 and was 4-for-4 with a pair of doubles and four RBIs in a loss to Woodstown on April 10.

Ryan Govito, Haddon Heights. The sophomore strung together seven hits over three games, scoring seven times and clubbing his first scholastic homer. He’s hitting .438 with a team-best seven runs.

James Rowe, Haddonfield. The senior went 5-for-6 with seven RBIs as the Haddons picked up wins over Gateway and Gloucester. Rowe blasted a pair of homers and drove in five wins against Gloucester on April 10. For the season, he’s batting .529 with nine hits and nine RBIs.

Olympic Conference

Connor Byrne, Shawnee. The sophomore worked some magic at the Disney Wide World of Sports complex as he compiled three multi-RBI games to help power the Renegades to three wins in Orlando. Byrne went 5-for-8 with a triple and two stolen bases. He’s hitting .500 (7-for-14) in five games, already surpassing his entire hit total from last spring.

Gabe Lerro, Paul VI. The sophomore leadoff hitter had a pair of two-RBI games to help lead the Eagles to two victories and the team championship at last weekend's Ralph Shaw Tournament. Lerro had three hits, including two doubles, and three runs scored as Paul VI knocked off Audubon and Bishop Eustace for the title.

Vincent Olivo, Cherry Hill West. The Lions ran their unbeaten streak to four as the freshman batted .500 (4-for-8) with three RBIs during wins over Bishop Eustace and Lenape. Olivo has picked up at least one RBI in all four games en route to a team-best nine RBIs. He’s hitting .400 with a homer and two stolen bases.

Evan Vallee, Rancocas Valley. The junior went 4-for-6 with five RBIs and six runs scored as the Red Devils earned a pair of wins over Seneca and Hopewell Valley. Vallee is batting .500 (8-for-16) with three walks, four stolen bases and nine runs scored.

Tri-County Conference

Dom Abate, Clearview. The senior batted .500 (5-for-10) with six runs scored and seven RBIs as the Pioneers reeled off three straight wins for the week. Abate doubled and homered as Clearview pinned a 9-4 loss on rival Kingsway on April 9. He leads the team with 10 RBIs.

Jeff Wagner, Pennsville. The senior strung together three two-hit games for the Eagles, who went 2-1 for the week. Wagner homered in consecutive games to end the week and compiled six RBIs and five runs scored during the three-game stretch. He’s batting .467 (7-for-15) for the season.

Nick Witsch, Highland. The senior and the rest of the Tartans had a successful trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C. Witsch batted .333 (3-for-9) with a homer, four RBIs, four walks and four stolen bases. He was also hit by a pitch twice. Highland went 4-1 during the week down south.

Cape-Atlantic League

Xavier Etheridge, Vineland. The senior batted .300 with seven RBIs and seven stolen bases as the Fighting Clan swept the season series against rival Millville and completed the week with an 18-2 win over Washington Township. Etheridge had six stolen bases in the two games against Millville and a career-high five RBIs against Washington Township.

Jay Lopez, Atlantic County Tech. With three straight multi-hit games and 12 stolen bases over those three games, the senior created plenty of havoc for the Red Hawks. He had two three-hit games and stolen seven bases in one contest. For the spring, Lopez is batting .625 with 15 knocks, 10 runs scored and 16 stolen bases.

Nolan Scholder, Cedar Creek. Three was a popular number for the junior over the Pirates’ three-game winning streak last week. Scholder had three straight three-hit games, posting a pair of three-run contests to go along with three stolen bases. He’s sizzling at the plate with a .519 batting average (11-for-19) with nine runs scored.

Milestone: Bridgeton’s Enrique Pantaleon recorded his 100th career strikeout in a game against Pleasantville on April 8. The senior southpaw struck out eight, raising his career total to 103. He has 28 Ks in 14.1 innings this spring.

Tom McGurk is a regional sports editor for the Courier-Post, The Daily Journal and Burlington County Times, covering South Jersey sports for over 35 years. If you have a sports story that needs to be told, contact him by emailat tmcgurk@usatodayco.com. Follow him on Twitter at @McGurkSports. Help support local journalism with a digital subscription.

This article originally appeared on Cherry Hill Courier-Post: South Jersey baseball's top performers from the third week of the season