With 6,002 views of the article announcing nominees for the OnFocus Athlete of the Week, it was a tight race at the top for the top performer.
Taking the title of OnFocus Athlete of the Week, February 12 to February 18 was Tanner Hraby of Medford Boys Basketball, collecting 510 votes.
Impressive vote totals were earned by KC Eggebrecht of Phillips Girls Basketball(439 votes) and the duo of Caleb Geldernick/Carter Klabon of Owen-Withee Boys Basketball (357 votes).
Reagan Borchardt of Edgar Girls Basketball picked fourth place with 112 votes.
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OnFocus Athlete of the Week, February 12 to February 18
- Reagan Borchardt, Edgar Girls Basketball – Borchardt topped the 1,000 point mark recently for the Wildcats and Edgar heads to the postseason with a 19-5 record, 11-4 in the Marawood South, finishing in second place.
@EdgarSchools Reagan Borchardt scored her 1000 point tonight in a big win over the Medford Raiders. Congratulations Reagan @marawood pic.twitter.com/okv0D7hNvl
— Sports OnFocus (@SOnfocus) February 10, 2023
- Caleb Geldernick / Carter Klabon, Owen-Withee Boys Basketball(nominated online) – Owen-Withee trailed at halftime, 37-22 and without fellow senior and leading scorer Logan Amacher, it appeared the Blackhawks were down and out. Klabon and Geldernick led a second half surge that saw O-W outscore Colby 52-27 and Owen-Withee claimed at 74-64 win.
- Kacy Eggebrecht, Phillips Girls Basketball – The Phillips junior needed just two points to reach the 1,000 point career mark, and with a corner three two minutes into Phillips’ 75-39 win over Abbotsford. Eggebrecht joined sister Jada Eggebrecht(2000+) and Rachel Callow(1000+) as the third Loggers’ standout to reach historic milestones the last two seasons.
@phillipsschools Kacy Eggebrecht gets her 1000th point on an early 3-pointer against Abbotsford. Congratulations Kacy!@NorbertDurst #wisgb pic.twitter.com/6tro0qpkob
— Sports OnFocus (@SOnfocus) February 17, 2023
- Mason Prey, Newman Catholic Boys Basketball – Prey became Newman’s all-time scorer this week, scoring 25 points to top the record previously held by the Cardinals’ Bob Barnett, who had 1,655 points.
- Tanner Hraby, Medford Boys Basketball – Hraby had 27 points for Medford in their 69-53 win over GNC rival Mosinee, capping off a 12-0 record in the Great Northern Conference, 19-4 overall.
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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]
