Check out the third group of Nokes’ Stars of the Week for the week ending May 3. Nokes is a contributing writer to SuburbanOnesSports.com. His selections are based on the nominations of coaches.
About Dominic:
I am Dominic Nokes and I was born and raised in north Philadelphia. I will be graduating from Kutztown University on May 18, 2013, with a degree in Sports Management. I am a huge fan of the game of baseball as I am of football, basketball, and hockey as well. With that being said, it is almost a no brainer that my favorite baseball team is the Philadelphia 
Phillies. I started watching baseball just shortly before the Phils moved out of Veterans Stadium into Citizens Bank Park, and that’s when I really started to take interest in and learn more about the game. I played baseball my sophomore year in high school where I was voted by my coaches “Most Dedicated Player” so indeed know something about the game.
My selection process for this is plain and simple. I’ll reach out to coaches and ask for the name and numbers of their most productive player from the previous week. After I have received the player’s names and their statistics, I will compare and contrast them to all other players within their conference until I believe that I have narrowed it down to the ‘star’ player in each conference. When it comes to the offensive side of the ball, I believe that having a good batting average and driving in runs is beyond HUGE, so that is something that I key in on. When it comes to pitching, a low hit total is good but a lower number of earned runs is even better.
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
NOKES’ STAR OF THE WEEK
(April 29-May 3)
The National Conference Star of the week has been coming through for his club in more ways than one. Neshaminy’s Cole Creighton had a strong showing on the mound last week, and his work on the offensive side of the ball was good as well. Creighton picked up a win against William Tennent, pitching six innings and giving up seven hits, two runs (one earned), one walk while striking out 10 batters. Creighton is 4-0 on the season with a 1.17 earned run average. His performances on the mound are definitely appreciated by his teammates and coaches, and I’m pretty sure that the Redskins were well pleased with what they saw. He also came through for his team at the plate with a pair of hits with one of them being a double and drove in a run as well.
CONTINENTAL CONFERENCE
NOKES’ STAR OF THE WEEK
(April 19-May 3)
The Continental Conference star of the week is making life pretty easy for the Central Bucks South Titans. Ricky Dennis has continuously gotten the job done on the mound, and last week he seemed to be up to his old tricks once again. Dennis picked up a win, pitching a complete game win against Hatboro Horsham and allowing only two runs on five hits while striking out nine. Dennis received an offensive output of seven runs, and that was more than enough for Dennis and the Titans to coast to a 7-2 win. It’s hard to win games if you don’t score many runs and that was indeed the case for the Hatters when they faced Dennis last week.
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
NOKES’ STAR OF THE WEEK
(APRIL 29-May 3)
The American Conference star of the week made the Upper Moreland Golden Bears winners twice last week, coming through on the mound and at the plate. Eddie Decker picked up two wins on the bump last week, defeating Upper Dublin (pitched six innings) and Norristown (one inning pitched). In those two games combined, Decker only allowed two runs (one earned) and three walks while striking out five. Not only did he pitch well enough in relief to pick up the win against Norristown but also laid down a sacrifice bunt that brought home the tying run, allowing the Golden Bears to go on and pick up the win later on in the game.
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