Check out the nominees for this week’s top performer: OnFocus Team of the Week, February 12 to February 18!
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Also Vote: OnFocus Athlete of the Week, February 12 to February 18
OnFocus Team of the Week, February 12 to February 18
- Wisconsin Rapids Boys Hockey – The Raiders picked up a pair of wins in the WIAA Hockey playoffs last week. After first dispatching Tomah 6-0 in the regional semifinal, Rapids then went on the road and collected an upset of #1 seed Eau Claire Memorial, 6-4 to advance to sectionals.
- Stevens Point Girls Basketball – The Panthers claimed the Wisconsin Valley Conference Girls Basketball Title with their 78-39 win over Wisconsin Rapids. SPASH finished the regular season with a 11-1 WVC record, 17-7 overall.
- Pittsville Boys Basketball(nominated online) – The Panthers picked up a nice win over Port Edwards, 55-41, to improve to 14-8 this season, 5-6 on the Central Wisconsin South Conference South Division.
- Neillsville Girls Basketball – The Warriors ended conference with a perfect 14-0 record in the Cloverbelt East, 24-0 overall, and then capped off the regular season with a 46-34 win over McDonell Central Catholic in the Cloverbelt Crossover Saturday evening.
Neillsville clinches the undefeated regular season with a 46-34 win over McDonell #wisgb @NorbertDurst pic.twitter.com/LVfseIa6J0
— Sports OnFocus (@SOnfocus) February 19, 2023
- Rhinelander Boys Swimming – The Hodags are State Champions, taking the title Friday at the WIAA Division 2 State Swim Meet. Rhinelander collected 256 points, edging second place McFarland with 250.5 points. Rhinelander captured the title in the 200 freestyle relay: seniors Daniel Gillingham, Carter Garber and Charlie Heck, and sophomore Mathias Fugle finished with a time of 1:27.00.
Voting ends Wednesday at 5:00 PM
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