Athletic award winners from fall season at Medford Area Senior High
Coaches of the Medford Raiders’ fall sports teams recently presented awards to players in their respective programs. Awards for cross country, football, boys soccer, girls swimming, girls tennis and volleyball are as follows:
Cross country
Head coach Kevin Wellman named Joey Sullivan and Franny Seidel the Most Valuable Runners and Lucas Borman and Kayla Szydel The Most Improved Runners. Austin Shaw and Ellee Grunwald received the Best Teammate Awards and Tristan Price and Paige Brandner earned the Determination Awards and Megan Kloth and Tyra Wicke earned Participation Awards. Wellman also presented the following: Letters — Connor Carbaugh, Kyle Petrick, Austin Shaw, Logan Searles, Joey Sullivan, Tristan Price, Miles Searles, Paige Brandner, Franny Seidel, Ellee Grunwald, Alicia Kawa, Alexis Fleegel, Jennifer Kahn, Bryn Fronk, Brooke Rudolph.
Numerals — Lucas Borman, Saskatoon Damm, Lucas Liske, Anya Apfelbeck, Liza Brandner, Kayla Szydel, Justine Wojcik.
Football
Head coach Ted Wilson named Ean Wilson Most Valuable Player. Clay Bowe was named the Most Improved Player. Blaine Seidl won the Hatchet award and Justin Sullivan won the Hustle Award. Joe Gierl won the Team Award and Zac Breneman was awarded Best Blocker. Wilson also presented the following: Letters — Clay Bowe, Zac Breneman, Logan Dassow, Blaze Kesan, Austin Kraegenbrink, Logan Nelson, Mason Rudolph, Austin Schultz, Justin Sullivan, Austin Waldhart, Doug Way, Ean Wilson, Isaac Zepeda, Carson Church, Brody Doberstein, Nate Doriot, Joe Gierl, Emett Grunwald, Riley Herman, Jarod Jochimsen, Carson Kliest, Dalton Krug, Peyton Kuhn, Abe Miller, Nate Retterath, Blaine Seidl, Blake Studinger, Colton Surek, Logan Baumgartner.
Numerals — Taksaphol Wongsaen, Marvin Abram, Trevon Drallmeier, Tyler Kapitz, Elijah Mahner, Brandon Butcher, Parker Crass, Kayden Dassow, Colby Elsner, Aiden Gardner, Caleb Guden, Seth Mudgett, Lucas Ortengren, Kolten Ratcliff, Jake Seifert, Kaden Trudell, Trevor Woebbeking.
Certificates — Riley Brandner, Braxton Crabb, Alex Damm, Cole Dassow, Juan Carlos Davila Pinto, Alex Dittrich, Peyton Emmerich, Matthew Gebert, Peyton Gilles, Connor Gowey, Will Haavisto, Kamryn Harper, Hunter Hinke, Charlie Kliest, Alex Kraegenbrink, Tucker Kraemer, Itsael Medina Fuentes, Ty Metz, Tayler Mueller, Collin Rausch, Jacob Rechtizigel, Blake Schilling, Tukker Schreiner, Bryce Sperl, Brayden Stelze, Carson Trudeln, Landon Viergutz.
Boys soccer
Head coach Nate Bilodeau named Onyi Ekwueme the Player of the Year. Kale Klussendorf and Dylan Wickersheim won the Positivity Award. The Leadership Award went to Cooper Wild and Owen Wipf received the Mentorship Award. Bilodeau also presented the following: Letters — AJ Adleman, Jake Brunner, Christian Di Benedetto, Onyi Ekwueme, Zack Mottle, Pierce Pope, Preston Pope, Jake Rau, Dylan Wickersheim, Cooper Wild, Ty Baker, Colton Gowey, Brady Hupf, Owen Wipf, Kale Klussendorf, Gage Neubauer, Zach Rudolph.
Numerals — Eric Rehbein, Ethan Swiantek, Colbe Bull, Easton Dowden, Gabe Felix, Nick Frenzel, Colten Halopka, Aiden Johnson, Brayden Machon, Quinton Tlusty, Dante Axon, Joshua Borman, Josh Clark, Jake Dassow, Mason Gripentrog, Nick Kowalski, Braeden Long, Brett Lundy, Aaron Shield, Vincent Seidel, Anakin Stokes, Caden Tessmann, Silas Wipf.
Girls swimming
Head coach Betsy Berends named Erin Bergman Most Valuable Swimmer and Kristen Weix the Most Improved Swimmer. Berends also presented the following: Letters — Savannah Brandt, Faith Piller, Morgan Ball, Erin Bergman, Lacey Brandner, Shaniah Brandt, Kami Razink, Alicia Venzke, Maddie Williams, Aiden Denzer, Olivia Rau, Brooke Wegerer, Kristen Weix.
Certificate — Rileigh Heckel (mgr.).
Girls tennis
Head coach Jake Bucki presented the following:
Letters — Rachel Armbrust, Cassidy Balciar, Ashley Czeshiniski, Kiana Haenel, Kailee Mann, Elaine Schumacher, Madlyn Spencer, Lauryn Strick, Karla Vazquez, Jordan Clark, Brooke Sommer, Sophie Brost, Kelsey Jascor, Alisha Jochimsen, Lindsey Wildberg.
Numerals — Paige Entenmann, Emmalee Clarkson, Kenya Mann, Kalista Schreiner, Rain Sperl, Karlee Westrich, Kiarah Behling, Alyssa Brandner, Christine Czeshinski, Chloe Dassow, Kierstyn Halopka, Autumn Higgins, Makayla Motte, Eryka Seidl, Mayah Smith, Kayla Vermaat.
Volleyball
Head coach Cheryl Schreiber awarded Kamry Albrecht, Alex Nicks, and Emily Schafer with the Captain Plaques. Schreiner also presented the following: Letters — Kamry Albrecht, Kiersten Crass, Sierra Hanson, Kaitlyn Netzer, Alex Nicks, Lexi Niewolny, Brynn Rau, Emily Schafer, Sami Stolp, Bella Veal, Marissa Fronk, Rynn Ruesch, Martha Miller.
Numerals — Karli Nelson, Meagan Ryskoski, Olivia Steinman, Allie Wesle, Katie Brehm, Emma Brost, Gabby Brunner, Mara Buskerud, Hailey Fisher, Meagan Fredikson, Abbie Frey, Laurissa Klapatauskas, Autumn Krause, Olivia Krug, Katie Lybert, Lydia Pernsteiner, Delaney Hraby, Morgan Huegil, Allie Paulson, Madisyn Pilgrim, DeLana Radlinger, Anna Wanke, Chloe Werner.
Certificates — Lauryn Anderson, Alleah Christensen, Annika Ortiz, Aubrey Haenel, Meghan Meyer, Carmen Peterson, Lindsey Quante, Delaney Searer, Hope Faude, Valeria Polendo-Soto, Kylie Vasicek.