VOTE! 2024-25 OnFocus Winter Athlete of the Week
The 2024-25 winter sports season saw outstanding performances from athletes throughout central Wisconsin, and it’s time to recognize our top winter athletes. Be sure to vote for your top winter sports athletes!
Vote ends WEDNESDAY 5:00 PM
Weekly Winners:
- Zach Pagel, East/Merrill United Boys Hockey
- Jed Henderson, Rib Lake Boys Basketball
- Erika Sleznikow, Marshfield Girls Wrestling
- Gabi Heuser / Jayden Yirkovsky, Central WI Storm Girls Hockey
- Lydia Hutter / Kimura Hutter, Adams-Friendship
- Evan Lord, Prentice Boys Basketball
- Grant Chandonais, Stevens Point Boys Basketball
- Blake Raab, Auburndale Boys Basketball
- Blake Underwood / Cale Quaintance, Marathon Boys Wrestling
- Logan Seavers, Stevens Point Boys Wrestling
- Brooks Hinson, Marshfield Boys Basketball
- Miah Katzenberger, Auburndale Girls Basketball
- Alyvia Dietsche, Marshfield Gymnastics
- Ryan Westrich, Bonduel Boys Basketball
| 2024-25 OnFocus | ||||
| Pub Date | Athlete | |||
| Date | First | Last | School | Sport |
| Mar 23 | Chris | Pohl | Marshfield | B Basketball |
| Mar 23 | Landon | Lee | Marshfield | B Basketball |
| Mar 23 | Cameron | Lipinski | Cochrane-Fountain City | B Basketball |
| Mar 23 | Ryan | Westrich | Bonduel | B Basketball |
| Mar 23 | Matthew | Kloskey | Wauwatosa West | B Basketball |
| Mar 23 | Zavier | Zens | Wisconsin Lutheran | B Basketball |
| Mar 16 | Alyvia | Dietsche | Marshfield | Gymnastics |
| Mar 16 | Brooks | Hinson | Marshfield | B Basketball |
| Mar 16 | Jesse | Napgezek | Wausau East | B Basketball |
| Mar 16 | Sarah | Shaw | Assumption | G Basketball |
| Mar 16 | Jett | Reilly | Tomahawk | B Hockey |
| Mar 16 | Evan | Lord | Prentice | B Basketball |
| Mar 2 | Olivia | Hofrichter | Antigo | B Wrestling |
| Mar 2 | Cale | Quaintance | Marathon | B Wrestling |
| Mar 2 | Tanner | Gormanson | Wisconsin Rapids | B Wrestling |
| Mar 2 | Colton | Weiler | Auburndale | B Wrestling |
| Mar 2 | Carter | Lueck | Stratford | B Wrestling |
| Mar 2 | Blake | Underwood | Marathon | B Wrestling |
| Feb 23 | Jada | Seubert | Stevens Point | G Basketball |
| Feb 23 | Tristen | Smazal | Abbotsford/Colby | B Wrestling |
| Feb 23 | Alyvia | Dietsche | Marshfield | Gymnastics |
| Feb 23 | Sawyer | Ostrum | NekoosaAssumption/Port Edwards | B Wrestling |
| Feb 23 | Jackson | Freeman | Wisconsin Rapids | B Wrestling |
| Feb 23 | Carter | Freeman | Wisconsin Rapids | B Wrestling |
| Feb 23 | Kailar | Tritz | Wisconsin Rapids | B Wrestling |
| Feb 23 | Aspen | Tritz | Wisconsin Rapids | B Wrestling |
| Feb 15 | Gabby | Neilitz | Wisconsin Rapids | G Basketball |
| Feb 15 | Tony | Raczek | Stevens Point | B Swimming |
| Feb 15 | Keaton | Barwick | D.C. Everest | B Swimming |
| Feb 15 | Kristina | Ouimette | Lakeland | G Basketball |
| Feb 15 | Brooks | Hinson | Marshfield | B Basketball |
| Feb 8 | Anna | Schooley | Assumption | G Basketball |
| Feb 8 | Sean | Roenius | Wisconsin Rapids | B Basketball |
| Feb 8 | Jett | Reilly | Tomahawk | B Hockey |
| Feb 8 | Carley | Pankratz | Stratford | G Basketball |
| Feb 8 | Jed | Henderson | Rib Lake | B Basketball |
| Feb 2 | Lucas | Stahnke | Edgar | B Wrestling |
| Feb 2 | Taelyn | Jirschele | Mosinee | G Basketball |
| Feb 2 | Braden | Schneider | Cadott | B Basketball |
| Feb 2 | Jordyn | Jaglinski | Assumption | G Basketball |
| Feb 2 | Blake | Raab | Auburndale | B Basketball |
| Jan 26 | Logan | Seavers | Stevens Point | B Wrestling |
| Jan 26 | Blake | Underwood | Marathon | B Wrestling |
| Jan 26 | Josiah | Beltran | D.C. Everest | B Wrestling |
| Jan 26 | Nolan | Kielcheski | Antigo | B Wrestling |
| Jan 26 | Carter | Lueck | Stratford | B Wrestling |
| Jan 19 | Ebrielle | Thoma-Loehrke | Weyauwega-Fremont | G Wrestling |
| Jan 19 | Mac | Konieczny | Columbus | B Basketball |
| Jan 19 | Miah | Katzenberger | Auburndale | G Basketball |
| Jan 19 | Taylor | Klingbeil | Medford | G Basketball |
| Jan 19 | Kylie | Peissig | Tomahawk | G Wrestling |
| Jan 12 | Caleb | Dennee | Marshfield | B Wrestling |
| Jan 12 | Gabi | Heuser | Central WI Storm | G Hockey |
| Jan 12 | Jayden | Yirkovsky | Central WI Storm | G Hockey |
| Jan 12 | Olivia | Hofrichter | Antigo | G Wrestling |
| Jan 12 | Isabel | Braaten | Nekoosa/Assumption/Port Edwards | G Wrestling |
| Jan 12 | Amiya | Leverance | Nekoosa/Assumption/Port Edwards | G Wrestling |
| Jan 12 | Makenna | Herrmann | Abbotsford/Colby | G Wrestling |
| Jan 5 | Lydia | Hutter | Adams-Friendship | G Wrestling |
| Jan 5 | Kimura | Hutter | Adams-Friendship | G Wrestling |
| Jan 5 | Carter | Moesch | Bonduel | B Basketball |
| Jan 5 | Kristin | Radtke | Wisconsin Rapids | G Basketball |
| Jan 5 | Anna | Becker | Spencer/CC/Granton | G Wrestling |
| Jan 5 | Victoria | Konieczny | Medford | G Wrestling |
| Dec 22 | Ben | Miller | Wittenberg-Birnamwood | B Wrestling |
| Dec 22 | Reese | Grimm | Pittsville | G Basketball |
| Dec 22 | Race | Anvelink | Bonduel | B Basketball |
| Dec 22 | Grant | Chandonais | Stevens Point | B Basketball |
| Dec 22 | Noah | Klug | Merrill | B Wrestling |
| Dec 15 | Carley | Pankratz | Stratford | G Basketball |
| Dec 15 | Katrina | Murray | Westfield | G Wrestling |
| Dec 15 | Erika | Sleznikow | Marshfield | G Wrestling |
| Dec 15 | Blaynne | Crawford | Edgar | G Wrestling |
| Dec 15 | Lana | Borchardt | Wausau West | G Wrestling |
| Dec 15 | Madelynn | Lee | Wausau West | G Wrestling |
| Dec 8 | Jacob | Hoppe | Abbotsford/Colby | B Wrestling |
| Dec 8 | Jackson | Meyer | Neillsville/Greenwood/Loyal | B Wrestling |
| Dec 8 | Drew | Bruesewitz | Stratford | B Basketball |
| Dec 8 | Braden | Schneider | Cadott | B Basketball |
| Dec 8 | Zach | Pagel | East Merrill United | B Hockey |
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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 keechertheteacher@gmail.com
