2021-22 OnFocus Athletes of the Week: a Year in Review

The OnFocus Athlete of the Week and Team of the Week honored hundreds of standout athletes and teams across central Wisconsin in the 2021-22 schoolyear.

2021-22 OnFocus Team of the Week Nominees Represent the best of Central Wisconsin

A look back at the athletes who were nominated each week:

2022-23 sports schedule links HERE

Athlete of the Week
Pub Date	Athlete
Date	First	Last	School	Sport
April 10	Brock	Bennington	Columbus	B BB
April 10	Kaitlyn	Selle	Mosinee	G Soccer
April 10	Matt	Nielsen	DCE	B Track
April 10	Luke	LeMoine	Marshfield	B Track
April 10	Madison	Crossman	Merrill	G Track
April 17	Ben	Lee	Amherst	Baseball
April 17	Anna	Schooley	Assumption	Softball
April 17	Kyler	Ellenbecker	Athens	Baseball
April 17	Bennett	Klisch	SPASH	Baseball
April 17	Alea	Graff	Colby/Abby	Softball
April 24	Brooks	Kraus	Athens	Baseball
April 24	Keagan	Jirschele	Mosinee	Baseball
April 24	Braeden	Schueller	Stratford	Baseball
April 24	Kale	Roth	SPASH	Baseball
April 24	Joey	Bohman	Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln	B Tennis
April 24	Eric	Huglen	Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln	B Tennis
May 1	Hallie	Van Luven	Colby/Abby	Softball
May 1	Tanner	Hraby	Medford	Softball
May 1	Martha	Miller	Medford	Baseball
May 1	Terrence	Cottrell-Roberson	Aiuburndale	B Track
May 1	Logan	Amacher	Owen-Withee	B Track
May 1	Elizabeth	Schmidt	Merrill	G Track
May 8	Cristin	Casey	Assumption	Softball
May 8	JV	Castillo	Abbotsford/Colby	Baseball
May 8	Blake	Raab	Auburndale	Baseball
May 8	Aden	Cherney	Auburndale	Baseball
May 8	Micah	Keller	Mosinee	Softball
May 8	Evan	Haley	Pittsville	Baseball
May 15	Ben	Lee	Amherst	Baseball
May 15	Morgan	Riechl	Assumption	Girls Ssoccer
May 15	Siarra	Hart	Athens	Softball
May 15	Blake	Postler	DCE	B Track
May 15	Cole	Stevens	DCE	B Track
May 15	Laurissa	Klapatauskas	Medford	Softball
May 22	Noah	Marschke	SPASH	Baseball
May 22	Abby	Dhein	Mosinee	G soccer
May 22	Noah	Grimm	Pittsville	Baseball
May 22	Waylon	Grimm	Pittsiville	Baseball
May 22	Mikayla	Wirkus	Edgar	Softbal
May 22	Matt	Glowdoski	Amherst	Baseball
May 22	Ben	Lee	Amherst	Baseball
May 29	Taytor	Lowry	Neillsville	B Track
May 29	Morgan	Schnelle	Edgar	G Track
May 29	Adam	Eiden	Pacelli	B Track
May 29	Joe	Sullivan	Medford	B Track
May 29	Bode	Erickson	SPASH	B Track
June 5	Ella	Pavlovich	DC Everst	G Track
June 5	Roisin	Willis	SPASH	G Track
June 5	Brady	Schmidt	Stratford	Baseball
June 5	Joe	Sullivan	Medford	B Track
June 5	Malayna	Rieck	Colby	G Track
June 5	Willow	Oehmichen	Colby	G Track
June 5	Trinity	Severson	Colby	G Track
June 5	Daisy	Feiten	Colby	G Track
June 5	Hayden	Willner	Colby	G Track
June 12	Davin	Stoffel	Mosinee	Baseball
June 12	Ava	Schill	Assumption	Softball
June 12	Ben	Lee	Amherst	Baseball
June 12	Wyatt	Blaskowski	Amherst	Baseball
June 12	Brock	Bennington	Columbus Catholic	Baseball
June 12	Connor	Krach	Newman	B Golf
June 12	Noah	Gage	Marathon	B Golf

Pub Date	Athlete
Date	First	Last	School	Sport
Dec 5	Lexi	Freiboth	Mosinee	G Bsk
Dec 5	Davin	Stoffel	Mosinee	B Bsk
Dec 5	Aiden	Janke	Athens	B Bsk
Dec 5	Marcus	Hall	D.C. Everest	B Bsk
Dec 5	Heavyn	Kind	Spencer	G Bsk
Dec 5	Kyle	Berres	Marshfield	B Swim
Dec 12	Payton	Smith	Marshfield	B Hky
Dec 12	Graydon	Anderson	Marshfield	B Hky
Dec 12	Logan	Baumgartner	Medford	B Bask
Dec 12	Addison	Lavicka	Athens	G Bask
Dec 12	Zoe	Fink	SPASH	G Bask
Dec 12	Blake	Jakobi	Columbus	B Bask
Dec 19	Sam	Wilczek	Columbus	B Bask
Dec 19	Mason	Prey	Newman	B Bask
Dec 19	Lauren	Kraus	Straford	G Bask
Dec 19	Carter	Grewe	Abby/Colby	Wrestling
Dec 19	Noah	Schultz	Spencer	B Bask
Dec 26	AnnaMarie	Aue	Auburndale	G Bsk
Dec 26	Andrew	Brown	Neillsville	B Bask
Dec 26	Emma	Jossie	SPASH	G Bsk
Dec 26	Ondraj	Napravnik	Mosinee	B Hky
Dec 26	Connor	Gowey	Medford	B Hky
Jan 2	Lucas	Yeske	Auburndale	B Bask
Jan 2	Treyton	Ackman	S/C	Wrestling
Jan 2	Jada	Eggebrecht	Phillips	G Bask
Jan 2	Sophia	Coker	Athens	G Bask
Jan 2	Connor	Sheahan	Athens	B Bask
Jan 2	Kyla	Krause	Medford	Gymnastics
Jan 9	Hunter	Luepke	NDSU	Football
Jan 9	Jazelle	Hartwig	Athens	G Bsk
Jan 9	Taylor	Martin	Port Edwards	G Bsk
Jan 9	Heavyn	Kind	Spencer	G Bsk
Jan 9	Hannah	Merkel	Marshfield	Gymnastics
Jan 16	Carson	Gunderson	Rapids	B Hky
Jan 16	Collin	Luhtala	Chequamegon	B Bsk
Jan 16	Kade	Smigaj	SPASH	B Hky
Jan 16	Lexi	Freiboth	Mosinee	G Bsk
Jan 16	Amelia	Trunkel	Neillsville	G Bsk
Jan 23	Cam	Daul	Stratford	B Bsk
Jan 23	Noah	Peterson	Marshfield	B Hky
Jan 23	ld	Gargulak	SPASH	B Swim
Jan 23	Lauryn	Goettl	Cadott	G Bsk
Jan 23	Logan	Baumgartner	Medford	B Bsk
Jan 30	Alexandr	Hofrichter	Antigo	Wrestling
Jan 30	Kaylie	Upson	Phillps	Wrestling
Jan 30	Marcus	Hall	DCE	B Bsk
Jan 30	Lia	Peterson	Amherst	wrestling
Jan 30	Kate	Fitzgerald	Mosinee	G Bsk
Feb 6	David	Mayer	DCE	B Swim
Feb 6	Carsen	Gause	Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln	B Hky
Feb 6	Zoe	Fink	SPASH	G Bsk
Feb 6	Emma	Jossie	SPASH	G Bsk
Feb 6	Adam	Prokop	Wausau West	B Hky
Feb 6	Gracie	Krings	Auburndale	G Bsk
Feb 13	Terrance	Cottrell-Roberson	Auburndale	B Bsk
Feb 13	Cade	Casey	SPASH	B Swim
Feb 13	Logan	Baumgartner	Medford	B Bsk
Feb 13	Mason	Prey	Newman Catholic	B Bsk
Feb 13	Kacy	Eggebrecht	Phillips	G Bsk
Feb 13	Jada	Eggebrecht	Phillips	G Bsk
Feb 20	Makayla	Ulrich	Medford	Gymnastics
Feb 20	Braeden	Schueller	Stratford	B Bsk
Feb 20	Richard	Streveler	Colby	B Bsk
Feb 20	Tamner	Halopka	Abbotsford/Colby	B Wrestling
Feb 20	Brett	Back	Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln	B Wrestling
Feb 20	Preston	Spray	Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln	B Wrestling
Feb 27	Ellie	Jensen	Marshfield	Gymnastics
Feb 27	Sophie	Nikolay	Marshfield	Gymnastics
Feb 27	Hannah	Merkel	Marshfield	Gymnastics
Feb 27	Kate	Fitzgerald	Mosinee	G Bask
Feb 27	Raife	Smart	Stratford	Wrestlng
Feb 27	Gavin	Drexler	Stratford	Wrestlng
Feb 27	Destinee	Steinhafel	Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln	Gymnastics
Feb 27	Preston	Spray	Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln	Wrestling
Feb 27	Emmalee	Boucher	Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln	Gymnastics
Feb 27	Gunner	Hoffmann	N/G/L	B Wrestling
Feb 27	Luke	Dux	N/G/L	B Wrestling
Mar 6	Joey	Sullivan	Medford	B Bask
Mar 6	Cooper	Diedrich	Athens	B Bask
Mar 6	Mfld/WR/SPASH	Gymnasts		Gymnastics
Mar 6	Cade	Bruesewitz	Stratford	Basketball
Mar 6	Emma	Moseley	Neillsville	G Bask
Mar 6	Cam	Daul	Stratford	B Bask
Mar 13	Presley	Buwalda	Randolph	G Bask
Mar 13	Marcus	Tomashek	Ashwaubenon	B Bask
Mar 13	Grace	Grocholski	Kettle Moraine	G Bask
Mar 13	Luke	Haertle	Lake Country Lutheran	B Bask
Mar 13	Trista	Fayta	Notre Dame	G Bask
Mar 20	Ben	Lubbers	Lake Country Lutheran	B Bask
Mar 20	Ashton	Janowski	Pewaukee	B Bask
Mar 20	Milan	Momcilovic	Pewaukee	B Bask
Mar 20	Nick	Janowski	Pewaukee	B Bask
Mar 20	Luke	Pautz	Roncalli	B Bask
Mar 20	Travis	Alvin	Randolph	B Bask
Mar 20	Sam	Grieger	Randolph	B Bask
Mar 20	Chevalier	Emery Jr	Neenah	B Bask

Athlete of the Week
Pub Date	Athlete
Date	First	Last	School	Sport
Nov 7	Dorci	Walker	Columbus Catholic	Volleyball
Nov 7	Myles	Burkett	Franklin	Football
Nov 7	Brent	Jeske	Colby	Football
Nov 7	Jenna	Breitbach	SPASH	G Swimming
Nov 7	Eloise	Cooper	SPASH	G Swimming
Nov 7	Alexis	Jonas	Mosinee	Volleyball
Oct 31	Joe	Sullivan	Medford	Cross Country
Oct 31	Sara	Mlodik	DCE	Cross Country
Oct 31	Ainara	Sainz de Rozas	Assumption	Cross Country
Oct 31	Bode	Erickson	SPASH	Cross Country
Oct 31	Elizabeth	Schmidt	Merrill	Cross Country
Oct 24	Sara	Mlodik	DCE	Cross Country
Oct 24	Joe	Sullivan	Medford	Cross Country
Oct 24	Elizabeth	Schmidt	Merrill	Cross Country
Oct 24	Andrew	Scheer	Columbus Catholic	Cross Country
Oct 24	Daisy	Feiten	Colby	Cross Country
Oct 17	James	Jacobs	SPASH	Cross Country
Oct 17	Mason	Voss	Colby	Football
Oct 17	Brock	Bennington	Spencer/Columbus	Football
Oct 17	Reed	Duellman	Assumption	Football
Oct 17	Torren	Holtz	Mosinee	B Soccer
Oct 17	Cole	Holtz	Mosinee	B Soccer
Oct 10	Reinya	Balderson	Marshfield	Volleyball
Oct 10	Abby	Ongna	Marshfield	Volleyball
Oct 10	Cooper	Diedrich	Athens	Football
Oct 10	Keagan	Jirschele	Mosinee	Football
Oct 10	Trevor	Garski	Mosinee	Football
Oct 10	Riley	Pechinski	SPASH	Girls Golf
Oct 10	Andrew	Van Order	Pacelli	Football
Oct 3	Alyssa	Hall	Marathon	Volleyball
Oct 3	Vanessa	Krueger	Marathon	Volleyball
Oct 3	Ava	Krueger	Marathon	Volleyball
Oct 3	Reed	Napiwocki	Wausau West	Football
Oct 3	Aiden	Rosemeyer	Thorp	Football
Oct 3	Ainara	Sainz de Rozas	Assumption	Cross Country
Oct 3	Barnes	Bunkelman	Mosinee	Football
Sep 26	Jack	Klatt	Assumption	Football
Sep 26	Abby	Zuleger	Stratford	Softball
Sep 26	Riley	Pechinski	SPASH	G Golf
Sep 26	Andrew	Scheer	Columbus Catholic	CC
Sep 26	Jazelle	Hartwig	Athens	Volleyball
Sep 26	Addison	Lavicka	Athens	Volleyball
Sep 19	Alexis	Jonas	Mosinee	Volleyball
Sep 19	Abbi	Martin	Mosinee	Volleyball
Sep 19	Jessica	Maurer	Mosinee	Volleyball
Sep 19	Ashlynn	Grimm	Auburndale	Volleyball
Sep 19	Cooper	Diedrich	Athens	Football
Sep 19	Xander	Hinker	Greenwood	Football
Sep 19	Aiden	Kolar	Pittsville	Football
Sep 12	Aiden	Gardner	Medford	Football
Sep 12	Brycen	Cashin	Pacelli	Football
Sep 12	Torren	Holtz	Mosinee	B Soccer
Sep 12	Leo	Brostowitz	Wisconsin Rapids	Football
Sep 12	Trayton	Weber	Auburndale	Football
Sep 5	Trevor	Garski	Mosinee	Football
Sep 5	Charles	Jewell	Auburndale	Cross Country
Sep 5	Ty	Falteisek	Abbotsford	Football
Sep 5	Hunter	Lochner	Nekoosa	Football
Sep 5	Karter	Butt	Edgar	Football
Aug 29	Conner	Krach	Newman	Football
Aug 29	Cooper	Diedrich	Athens	Football
Aug 29	Riley	Warzynski	SPASH	Football
Aug 29	Brandon	Diedrich	Abbotsford	Football
Aug 29	Daisy	Feiten	Colby	Cross Country
Aug 22	Colton	Geurink	Wausau West	Football
Aug 22	Andrew	Jeske	Colby	Football
Aug 22	Dillon	Kirsch	Stratford	Football
Aug 22	Brock	Bennington	Spencer/Columbus	Football
Aug 22	Brock	Birrenkott	Pacelli	Football

 

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