Voting for the OnFocus Athlete of the Week, February 27 to March 5 resulted in three area athletes picking up over 200 votes, a phenomenal support of athletics.
Picking up the title as the Athlete of the Week was Emma Moseley of Neillsville Girls Basketball, with 379 votes.
Second place went to Cade Bruesewitz and Cam Daul of Stratford, who collected 238 votes.
Third place went to Joey Sullivan of Medford, who garnered 232 votes.
OnFocus Athlete of the Week, February 27 to March 5
- Joey Sullivan, Medford Boys Basketball – Sullivan came up big for Medford in their 68-66 win at Fox Valley Lutheran Saturday, in a boys regional final matchup. After the #1 seeded Fox Valley Lutheran fought back to tie the game at 66, Sullivan took center stage. Sullivan calmly drained a jumper from the free throw line as time expired to propel Medford into a Sectional Semifinal Thursday evening.
- Emma Moseley, Neillsville Girls Basketball – Down 31-18 at halftime to Phillips in a sectional final matchup at Osseo-Fairchild, Moseley was key to the Warriors 30-11 advantage after the break. She pulled down some huge rebounds and scored a game-high 14 points as Neillsville fought back to earn a trip to State.
- Cooper Diedrich, Athens Boys Basketball – Diedrich came up big for Athens in the Bluejays’ 45-34 win over McDonell Catholic Saturday in a regional final. The senior guard netted 26 points and pulled down 10 rebounds to help propel Athens into a sectional semifinal Thursday evening against Turtle Lake, played at Eau Claire North.
- Marshfield/SPASH/Wisconsin Rapids State Gymnasts – Six area gymnasts competed Saturday at the Division 1 State Meet in Wisconsin Rapids, and they are nominated as a goup of six: Hannah Merkel, Sophie Nikolay and Ellie Jensen of Marshfield; Emmalee Boucher and Destinee Steinhafel of Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln; Riley Keene of SPASH. Ready how the group of six finished at state HERE.
- Cade Bruesewitz / Cam Daul, Stratford Boys Basketball – Bruesewitz and Daul led a balanced scoring attack, scoring 12 points apiece in Stratford’s 56-45 win over Marathon in a regional final Saturday. The win for Stratford avenged a pair of losses to Marawood South Conference Champion Marathon, and moves the Tigers to a sectional semifinal Thursday evening at Markesan, against #1 seed Iola-Scandinavia.
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Author: David Keech
David Keech is a retired teacher and works as a sportswriter, sports official and as an educational consultant. He has reported on amateur sports since 2011, known as 'KeechDaVoice.' David can be reached at [email protected]
