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Northeast Kansas Sports.com and United Bank & Trust have teamed up to recognize area athletes with our weekly feature called Athlete of the Week.
This week's Athlete of the Week was very difficult to determine with many high quality nominations. But two seemed to stand out just a hair, and thus, for the first time, we have co-athletes of the week!
This week's Athlete(s) of the Week are junior Tamera Stallbaumer of Sabetha and sophomore Austin Eckert of ACCHS.
Stallbaumer and Eckert were instrumental in helping their teams win their mid-season tourneys and both were named the MVP of their tourneys.
Stallbaumer and Eckert were instrumental in helping their teams win their mid-season tourneys and both were named the MVP of their tourneys.
Stallbaumer led the now 11-2 Sabetha Bluejays to the Burlington Invitational Championship, averaging 14 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. She saved her best for the biggest game, tallying 19 points on 6 of 11 shooting in the title game against Topeka-Hayden. She had 12 points in the semifinals and 11 in the the 1st Round and to top it off, she guarded the other team's best players and held them in check.
Eckert averaged 18 points, 3 rebounds, and 3 assists per game during the JCN tournament and did that in games that ACCHS had wrapped up well before the final buzzer. Eckert shot a sizzling 60% from three point land (15-25) for the tournament and although a sophomore, he has been a solid leader on and off the court.
Congratulations to Northeast Kansas Sports.com's athletes of the week, junior Tamera Stallbaumer of Sabetha and sophomore Austin Eckert of ACCHS.
Congratulations to Northeast Kansas Sports.com's athletes of the week, junior Tamera Stallbaumer of Sabetha and sophomore Austin Eckert of ACCHS.
Others who were nominated and certainly deserving of being recognized for their play this past week include:
B&B's Ryan Huerter who had the game-winning tip in in the Falcons TVL tourney championship game against Hanover. Huerter had 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 assists in the title tilt. On Tuesday, Huerter was in a zone, burying 5 of his 7 three point attempts in a 15 point, 5 rebound, 5 assist, and 4 steal performance against Bern. He is averaging 12.8 points and 5.4 rebounds per game on the season.
Valley Heights' Macy Parker who averaged 16.7 points per game in the TVL Tourney in helping lead her squad to a 2nd place finish. On Saturday, in the final against Frankfort, Parker scored the 1,000th point of her career !
Bern Freshman Graham Droge who averaged 20 points his last three games and is a 79% foul shooter.
Hanover's Allison Bruna who is averaging 8.3 points, 4.3 assists, and 3.1 rebounds on the season.
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.