Category: Nominations

Jaxton Leach (Bellevue Marquette baseball) – The sophomore went 5-for-8 with three doubles, seven runs and five stolen bases in leading the Defenders to two run-rule victories over North Cedar and another run-rule win over MFL/Mar-Mac to close the regular season at a school-record 23-4. Leach is batting .306 (22-for-72) with four doubles, two homers,…

Addison Frake (Cascade softball) – The junior led the River Valley Conference North Division champions with a .415 batting average (34-for-82) and added eight doubles, one triple, three home runs and 23 RBIs. She also went 23-for-23 in stolen bases. The No. 9-ranked Cougars finished 17-9 overall in the regular season and 10-2 en route…

Parker Studtmann (Dubuque Wahlert baseball) – The senior third baseman missed the start of the season while on the mend from a knee injury sustained while playing basketball in November. But, in 12 games since his return, Studtmann has batted .484 (15-for-31) with five doubles, two home runs and 17 RBIs while adding eight walks…

The junior middle infielder came up with the big hit, a go-ahead bases-loaded triple in the top of the seventh inning to help the Rams defeat city rival Hempstead, 9-5, on Thursday. Miller is batting .315 (28-for-89) with five doubles, one home run and 15 RBIs in 29 games this season.

Morgan Hosch (Western Dubuque softball) — The senior pitcher struck out six and scattered three hits as the Bobcats defeated Dubuque Wahlert, 8-0, in six innings to complete a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader sweep on Thursday. She walked two and needed just 81 pitches to improve to 8-4 with a 3.10 ERA and 71 strikeouts…

The junior needed just 57 pitches to complete a seven-inning no-hitter on Monday as the Wildcats defeated Starmont, 2-0, in Delhi, Iowa. Wall struck out three and walked one, and the Wildcats (8-9) committed one error. Trevor Grimm had a pair of hits, and Wall and Nathan Beitz drove in the runs. Starmont fell to…

Hannah Schlicte had a 4 and 1 record this week pitching for Beckman’s softball team, only losing a close game to a ranked Western Dubuque team. On Tuesday, Schlichte pitched a complete game shutout against the Monticello Panthers, allowing just 3 hits and striking out 6. In the Blazers first game against ranked Cascade on…

Ethan Sheckler (Fennimore baseball) – The senior earned Southwest Wisconsin Activities League MVP honors and helped lead the Golden Eagles to the WIAA state tournament for the first time in program history before falling in Tuesday’s semifinals in Grand Chute. Sheckler batted .398 (33-for-83) with eight doubles, one triple, three home runs, 25 RBIs, 13…

Cantwell went 3-for-5 with two doubles, a home run and six RBIs while pitching six innings and striking out nine in a four-hitter to lead West Delaware to a 12-2 victory over Vinton-Shellsburg in the first game of a WaMaC Conference doubleheader in Manchester, Iowa. In the nightcap, Cantwell went 2-for-2 with a double, triple…

Cameron Templeton (Bellevue Marquette baseball) – The senior centerfielder leads the Defenders with a .471 average (24-for-51) to go along with seven doubles, one triple, 14 RBIs, 14 walks, 27 runs scored and 23 stolen bases in 23 attempts. Marquette takes a 15-1 record into this week, with the lone blemish against Durant after an…