Who had
Ohio's best individual performances?
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decide. MaxPreps is proud to again sponsor the Ohio Athlete of
the Week awards during the 2023-24 school year.
~ Each week during the season, there will be
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winners.
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receives a digital award
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Voting ceases at noon on Mondays. The winners are announced the next day
along with the next week's nominees.
Participants may vote as many
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This past week, over 200,000 votes were
cast! So far this school year 3.6-million votes have
been
cast.
Week 10 Ohio
High School Athletes of the Week
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Arya Chabria and Yasemin Bilgin, Columbus Academy (Gahanna) Girls
TennisTandem out-lasted Shaker Heights Hathaway
Brown’s Summer Mu and Kate Mills, 7-6(6), 4-6, 7-5, in the Division II
doubles state championship match. Chabria and Bilgin won their school’s
third doubles state championship and first since 2012.
* Mia Hammond, New Albany Girls
GolfSophomore shot four-under-par over two days to
set the OHSAA D-I individual state tournament record and tie the overall
record at the girls golf state tournament on the Gray Course at The
Ohio State University. Hammond’s 136 (rounds of 67 and 69) matches the
136 (68-68)that Eaton’s Sarah Willis shot at the 2016 D-II state
tournament. The previous Division I state tournament record was set by
Katie Hallinan from Cincinnati Walnut Hills with a 137 (68 and 69) in
2017.
Here is
the school year's next
round of
nominees...
Week 11 Ohio High School Athlete of the Week
Nominees
* Nathan Hemberger, Western Reserve (Berlin Center) Football
Junior carried the ball 17 times for six TDs and 138 yards in a 54-20 win over David Anderson. Also had 11 tackles, a TFL, a sack, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and a blocked punt.
* Antuan Gardner, McKinley (Niles) Football
Senior carried the ball 29 times for 471 yards and six TDs in a 65-28 win over Edgewood. This followed a 325-yard, five-TD performance on 39 carries in a 48-28 win over Girard. Has 29 TDs and 2,235 yards rushing this season, which ranks eighth nationally.
* Katie Norris, Manchester (Akron) Girls Soccer
Senior had five goals and an assist and four goals and two assists in wins over Fairless and Northwestern, respectively. Her 61 goals and 146 points both rank No. 1 nationally.
* Gavin Richards, Nelsonville-York Football
Senior had 23 tackles and four TFL and carried the ball 24 times for 128 yards and two TDs in a 20-12 win over Belleaire. His 189 tackles this season ranks third nationally.
* Kelly Crites, Fairview (Sherwood) Volleyball
Senior had 29 and 27 kills in wins over Tinora and Eastwood. Her 527 kills this season ranks sixth in the state. She has 1,339 kills for her season.
* Braylon Martinez, Hopewell-Loudon (Bascom) Football
Junior ran for 151 yards and four TDs on 19 carries and caught two passes for 55 yards and a TD in a 46-14 win over Montpelier.
* Landon Haas, Tippecanoe (Tipp City) Boys Soccer
Junior had three goals and four assists in a win over Brookville and the lone goal in a 1-0 win over Oakwood. Has 27 goals and 24 assists this season.
* Wyatt Keyt, West Jefferson Football
Junior carried the ball eight times for 98 yards and three TDs and caught eight passes for 72 yards and two TDs in a 45-14 win over Grove City Christian. Also had four tackles and two TFL.
Previous Winners
Week 1 Ohio
High School Athletes of the Week
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Julian Patti, Rocky River
FootballSenior completed 22-of-33 passes for 421
yards and five TDs in a 55-42 win over Harvey.
* Karlee Plozay, Bethel (Tipp City)
VolleyballSenior had 28 kills and 24 digs in a 3-2
win over Dayton Christian.
Week 2 Ohio
High School Athletes of the Week
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Josh Biery, LaBrae (Leavittsburg) Boys
SoccerJunior became the 17th player in state history
to score eight goals or more in a game when he had eight goals and an
assist in a 14-0 win over Garfield Heights.
* Mansour M'baye, Villa Angela-St. Joseph (Cleveland) Boys
SoccerSenior started the season with five hat tricks
or better en route to scoring an Ohio-leading 21 goals in wins over
Cornerstone Christian, Euclid, Cuyahoga Heights, Brush and Brookside.
His 45 points ranks No. 1 in the state as well.
Week 3 Ohio
High School Athletes of the Week
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Demico Harris, St. Bernard-Elmwood Place
FootballJunior carried the ball 26 times for 306
yards and three TDs in a 40-20 win over Shroder Paideia Academy. Through
three games he has 79 carries for 856 yards and 11 TDs.
* Dylan Smith, Norwayne (Creston)
FootballJunior caught six passes for 147 yards and a
TD and had three interceptions, one of which he returned for a TD, in a
38-25 win over Heath.
Week 4 Ohio
High School Athletes of the Week
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Korbin Johnston, Kenton FootballJunior
completed 45-of-57 passes for 470 yards and four TDs and carried the
ball 30 times for 208 yards and two TDs in 38-34 win over Bath.
Connected with receiver Grady Kleman-Beazley as time expired for 55-yard
game-winning score.
* Janiaus Hall, Lima Senior
FootballSophomore completed 25-of-40 passes for 438
yards and five TDs in a 45-14 win over Northview. Has thrown for 1,176
yards and nine TDs this season.
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Max Hagans, Wheelersburg Boys
SoccerSenior ran his string of hat tricks to four
with three goals and two assists in a 6-0 win over Lucasville Valley and
four goals in a 7-1 win over Fairland. Has 20 goals and six assists in
seven games.
Week 5 Ohio
High School Athletes of the Week
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Blake Wagener, Maumee Boys SoccerJunior
ranks No. 1 in Ohio in points (72) and goals (30). Had five goals and
an assist in an 8-0 win over Liberty Center and three goals and two
assists in an 11-0 win over Swanton.
* Nate Toton, Open Door Christian (Elyria) Boys
SoccerSenior had six goals and three assists in a
12-3 win over Lorain and four goals and two assists in 7-0 win over
Brookside. Has 20 goals, 14 assists and 54 points this season.
Week 6 Ohio
High School Athletes of the Week
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Jordan Frantz, Bellbrook Girls
SoccerJunior goalkeeper became the second girl in
SWBL history and 43rd girl in state history to surpass 500 career saves
with 13 in a 1-1 tie against Lakota East. Followed that with
back-to-back shutouts in wins over Edgewood and Miamisburg. Her 508
career saves currently ranks 41st in Ohio
history.
* Peyton Jackson, Fairland (Proctorville)
FootballSenior completed 14-of-22 passes for 363
yards and five TDs in a 40-35 win over Gallia Academy. Has thrown for
1,354 yards and 18 TDs this season.
* Andrew Rusnak, Madison Boys
SoccerSenior had seven goals and three assists in a
15-0 win over Lakeside and five goals and an assist in a 13-1 win over
Conneaut. Has 26 goals and eight assists this
season.
Week 7 Ohio
High School Athletes of the Week
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Taylor Karcher, Marietta
VolleyballJunior had 61 assists in a 3-2 loss to
Fort Frye and 40 in a 3-0 win over Gallia Academy. She has 543 assists
this season and went over 1,000-career assists and 400-career digs
earlier this year.
* Lexi Grissett, Alexander (Albany)
VolleyballSenior had 26, 23 and 22 kills last week
in matches against Logan, Vinton County and River Valley. She has 309
kills this season (ranks 16th in Ohio) and 1,071 for her career.
* Zander Yoho, Keystone (La Grange) Boys
SoccerSenior had five goals and an assist in a 6-3
win over Wellington. Has 25 goals, six assists and 56 points this
season.
Week 8 Ohio
High School Athletes of the Week
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Edinso Cifuentes, Bard Early College (Cleveland) Boys
SoccerJunior had seven goals and six assists in a
17-3 win over Garfield Heights. His 32 assists and 90 points, rank sixth
and 20th nationally. His 29 goals rank
72nd.
* Elijah Wilburn, South Point
FootballSenior carried the ball 21 times for 277
yards and four TDs I a 38-20 win over Chesapeake.
* Kendall Hanlon and Natalie Rice, Western Brown (Mt. Orab) Girls
SoccerHanlon, a freshman, had eight goals and three
assists in a 17-0 win over Wilmington. Rice, a senior, had six goals and
two assists. Hanlon has 22 goals and 11 assists this season, while Rice
has 20 and 10, respectively.
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Nicholas Lampman, Newton Falls Boys
SoccerSenior had six goals and two assists in an 8-0
win over Mathews. Has 26 goals and 12 assists this season.
* Landon Fairbanks, Warren (Vincent)
FootballJunior carried the ball 30 times for 190
yards and six TDs in a 49-21 win over Cambridge.
Week 9 Ohio
High School Athletes of the Week
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Addison Burick, Louisville
VolleyballSenior had 50, 49 and 35 assists in wins
over Hoover, West Branch and Tallmadge, respectively. She has 701
assists this season and 1,922 for her career.
* Landon Montgomery, Heath Boys SoccerSenior
had seven goals in a 9-3 win over New Lexington. Has 93 points (37 goals
and 19 assists) this season.