Republic League's Best Batter Announced
This week's top performer in the Republic League was center fielder <Matt Van den Branden:player#8289> of the <Dallas HS Hammerheads:team#163>.

He lashed out a .538 average and was voted the Player of the Week. Over the last week <Van den Branden:player#8289> tagged 7 hits in 13 at-bats and 3 home runs, drove in 5 runs and scored 5 times.

Looking at his present stats, <Van den Branden:player#8289> has compiled a .320 batting average in 15 games with a .404 on-base percentage, while hitting 4 home runs and driving in 7 runs.