FOOTBALL: Pinckneyville's Kellerman adds to awards
</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Pinckneyville's Cole Kellerman won the 618 Football / Team First Media Player of the Week award for week 7 in a near tie with Tyler Hubert of Red Bud. Nearly 900 votes were collected in two days on the 618 Football facebook page and the difference was a mere 20 votes. Hubert had already won the Belleville News Democrat and the St. Louis Rams' Player of the Week. The 618 Football player of the week is open for any team in the 618 Area Code and stresses not only stats but effort put forth to help your team win. This week both players should be very proud of their efforts.
Hubert certainly had the stats with a 310 yard performance on the ground against Jefferson (MO) but Cole Kellerman's effort in the Panthers win over the Du Quoin Indians, its first in 27 years, helped on the ballot. Kelllerman stepped up with the injury to Bryant Shute, to take the load and 142 yards on the ground in Pinckneyville's 40-22 win on the Indians home field. Kellerman also added several catches and 19 yards receiving.
Also on the ballot were Dylan Roberts of Eldorado: 32 carries for 250 yards with 4 TD and Justin Ivy of Marion: 3 Interceptions and 7 receptions for 130 yards.
Team First Media is a Chicago based company, with roots to Du Quoin and SIU with co-founder Brian McMurray, that produces high-quality athletic recruiting videos to take prep athletes to the next level. You can see the quality of their work on their youtube channel - http://www.youtube.com/teamfirstmedia