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Posted by Wade Gerstner - Wed, Jan 20, 2010 - [ NEKS ] - Viewed 156 times


Northeast Kansas Sports.com and United Bank & Trust have teamed up to recognize area athletes with our new weekly feature called Athlete of the Week.
 
This week's Athlete of the Week is Onaga sophomore Riley Falk. Riley has stepped up big for the Buffaloes this season and the past three games have been no exception.

Falk averaged 21 points, 9 rebounds, shot 63% from the floor, and 74% from the foul line over the three games.  In Onaga's win on Jan.12th over Bern, Falk scored 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. On Saturday at the TVL Tourney, Falk had a game high 30 points and added 9 rebounds to go along with three 3-pointers in a 65-62 overtime loss to Valley Heights. This past Tuesday, Falk scored 11 points, dished out 7 assists, and snared 6 rebounds.

On the season, Falk is averaging 13.7 points and 8.9 rebounds per contest.

Congratulations to Northeast Kansas Sports.com's athlete of the week, sophomore Riley Falk of Onaga.
  
We need your help in finding the Athlete of the Week sponsored by United Bank & Trust.

Please send your nominations to us by email at wgerstner@northeastkansassports.com or text us at 785-545-7141. If you can, please include a short reason why you are nominating that particular athlete.  Northeast Kansas Sports.com will choose an athlete of the week from the nominations submitted.


We will announce the winner each week. Remember, you can nominate an athlete from any high school sport.
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