Wisconsin Valley names top winter athletes
MARSHFIELD - Marshfield senior Ema Fehrenbach capped her prep career with a second straight unanimous selection to the all-Wisconsin Valley Conference girls basketball team, and also claimed her first player of the year honor.
The Tigers' standout tied for first in conference in rebounding (83 total, 6.9 rebounds per game) and finished second in scoring at 16.9 points per game.
Caitlin Deaton earned her second all-WVC first team selection as well. The Wausau West senior averaged 13.9 points per game, fourth highest average in conference. Deaton's teammate Maddie Schires joined her on the first team as the sophomore was a unanimous choice for the honor. Schires led the conference in scoring with 238 total points (19.8 ppg) as well as 3-pointer percentage on 35 of 71 attempts (49.3 percent ) and free throw percentage on 57-for-62 (91.9 percent).
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Conference champion D.C. Everest placed two players on the first team, juniors Taylor Petit and Natalie Mohring. Petit, a unanimous selection, led the conference in assists with 61 (5.5 per game) and finished fourth in scoring (17.3 ppg). Mohring finished third in rebounding (77 total, 6.4 rpg) and fifth in scoring (12.5 ppg).
BOYS BASKETBALL
Stevens Point Area Senior High's Drew Blair and Joey Hauser were named the co-players of the year for the Wisconsin Valley Conference.
The junior duo led SPASH to an undefeated conference season and a third straight WIAA Division 1 state title. Blair averaged 19.2 points per game, while Hauser averaged 22.8 points per game in the WVC.. Hauser also averaged a league-high 10 rebounds per game and a conference-leading 5.6 assists per game.
This was the Hauser’s second unanimous selection to the all-WVC first team.
Joining them on the first team as unanimous selections were Sawyer Schlindwein and Jakob Tordsen.
Schlindwein, a senior at Wausau East, finished fourth in conference scoring with 17.6 points per game and led the WVC in rebounds with 8.4 per game.
Tordsen averaged 12.3 points per game for Wausau West as the senior led the conference in assists with 54 assists (4.5 per game) and was third in rebounds with 73 total (6.1 rpg). This was Tordsen's second first team selection.
Marshfield senior Alec Hinson and Merrill junior Zach Mootz completed the all-WVC first team.
Hinson led the conference from the line as he hit 39 of 41 free-throw attempts this season to earn his second first-team selection.
Mootz led the conference in shooting percentage from beyond the arc as he connected on 28 of 59 attempts for a .475 3-point field goal percentage, while finishing third overall for most points scored (216, 18.0 ppg).
BOYS HOCKEY
Nick Techel and Cole Caufield both earned their second all-Wisconsin Valley Conference boys hockey first team selection as the two were named players of the year as well.
Techel, a senior at Wausau West, had nine goals and six assists in conference play. He also led the conference in short-handed goals with four.
Caufield, a sophomore for SPASH, led the conference in scoring with 24 goals and 13 assists to finish with 37 points.
Joining Caufield on the first team was Panthers teammate Phil Trzebiatowski. Trzebiatowski made 139 saves while only giving up 10 goals in six games for a 1.73 goals-against average and a .933 save percentage. The duo led SPASH to a share of the conference title with Wausau West
West's Josh Bohlin and Kellen Tharaldson were also selected to the first team. Bohlin led the conference in power-play goals from the forward position as he had five on the season. The junior finished second in scoring with 25 points as he had 17 goals and eight assists.
Tharaldson, a senior defenseman, had four goals and eight assists.
D.C. Everest’s J.J. Berdal was named to the first team as well. The junior defenseman finished fourth in scoring with 17 points on eight goals and nine assists.
BOYS SWIMMING
Ian Beaten earned all-Wisconsin Valley Conference swimmer of the year honors. The senior led D.C. Everest to a second-place finish at the WVC conference meet as he finished third in the 50-yard free, fourth in the 100 free, and was part of the second-place 200 medley and 400 free relays.
SPASH’s Zach Dahlseng earned four first-team awards, while Drew Harris and Hunter Shulfer garnered first-team honors in three events and Chad Franz picked up two.
Wisconsin Rapids junior Dylan Engelbright picked up three first-team nods, while D.C. Everest’s Payton Rudeen earned two first-team awards.
ALL-WISCONSIN VALLEY CONFERENCE
GIRLS BASKETBALL
FIRST TEAM
*Taylor Petit, jr., D.C. Everest; *Ema Fehrenbach, sr., Marshfield; *Maddie Schires, so., Wausau West; Natalie Mohring, jr., D.C. Everest; Caitlin Deaton, sr., Wausau West.
*-unanimous selection
Player of the year: Ema Fehrenbach, Marshfield
SECOND TEAM
Ashley Hodell, sr., D.C. Everest; Maddie Nikolai, sr., Marshfield; Patience Pyan, jr., Merrill; Leah Earnest, fr., SPASH; Maycie Wiernik, sr., Wisconsin Rapids.
HONORABLE MENTION
Lexie Higgins, jr., D.C. Everest; Maddix Bonnell, jr., Merrill; Rachel Sullivan, jr., SPASH; Madisyn Rogan, so., SPASH; Jordan Murphy, jr., Wausau East; Kadie Deaton, so., Wausau West; Chani Pulchinski, sr., Wis. Rapids.
BOYS BASKETBAL
FIRST TEAM
*Drew Blair, jr., SPASH; *Joey Hauser, jr., SPASH; *Sawyer Schlindwein, sr., Wausau East; *Jakob Tordsen, sr., Wausau West; Alec Hinson, sr., Marshfield; Zach Mootz, jr., Merrill.
*-unanimous selection
Player(s) of the year: Drew Blair, SPASH; Joey Hauser, SPASH
Coach(es) of the year: Scott Anderson, SPASH; Scott Scheuer, Marshfield
SECOND TEAM
Ethan Posteluk, sr., Marshfield; Riley Peterson, sr., D.C. Everest; Tommy Borta, sr., Wausau West; Zach Langemeier, jr., Wisconsin Rapids.
HONORABLE MENTION
Dylan Ellenbecker, sr., D.C. Everest; Grant Michaelis, sr., Marshfield; Seth Anderson, jr., Marshfield; Jarod Ollhoff, jr., Merrill; Beau Rosenthal, sr., SPASH; Thomas Dunbar, sr., Wausau East; Matt Tuman, sr., Wausau East; Zach Raeder, sr., Wausau West; Dylan Bassuener, sr., Wis. Rapids.
BOYS HOCKEY
FIRST TEAM
Goalie Phil Trzebiatowski, sr., SPASH; Defenseman J.J. Berdal, jr., D.C. Everest; Defenseman Kellen Tharaldson, sr., Wausau West; *Forward Cole Caufield, so., SPASH; *Forward Nick Techel, sr., Wausau West; Forward Josh Bohlin, jr., Wausau West.
*-unanimous selection
Player(s) of the year: Cole Caufield, SPASH; Nick Techel, Wausau West
SECOND TEAM
Goalie Jacob Warnke, sr., Wausau West; Defenseman Max Techel, jr., Wausau West; Defenseman Isaac Gilbert, jr., Wisconsin Rapids; Forward Seth Jaglinksi, sr., D.C. Everest; Forward Austin Burgener, sr., Merrill/Wausau East; Forward Christian Bardarson, sr., Wausau West.
HONORABLE MENTION
Goalie Michael Janke, jr., D.C. Everest; Goalie Haydon Roy-Peterson, sr., Marshfield; Goalie Bryce Broeking, sr., Merrill/East; Defenseman Ben Brown, sr., Merrill/East; Defenseman Jarett Jones, sr., SPASH; Defenseman Jacob Evans, sr., Wausau West; Forward Ryan Begley, jr., D.C. Everest; Forward Barrett Brooks, fr., SPASH; Forward Chase Miller, sr., SPASH; Forward Marc Sipple, fr., Wausau West; Foward Colton Flammini, so., Wis. Rapids.
BOYS SWIMMING
FIRST TEAM
200 Medley Relay: SPASH (Drew Harris, fr., Hunter Shulfer, sr., Zach Dahlseng, sr., Chad Franz, so.); 200 Freestyle: Zach Dahlseng, sr., SPASH; 200 IM: Payton Rudeen, fr., D.C. Everest; 50 Freestyle: Dylan Engelbright, jr., Wisconsin Rapids; 100yd Butterfly: Payton Rudeen, fr., D.C. Everest; 100 Freestyle: Dylan Engelbright, jr., Wis. Rapids; 500 Freestyle: Zach Dahlseng, sr., SPASH; 200 Freestyle Relay: Wis. Rapids (Nathan Scheunemann, so., Jackson Benda, so., Drake Blossfield, sr., Dylan Engelbright, jr.); 100 Backstroke: Drew Harris, fr., SPASH; 100 Breaststroke, sr., Hunter Shulfer, sr., SPASH; 400 Freestyle Relay: SPASH (Zach Dahlseng, sr., Hunter Shulfer, sr., Drew Harris, fr., Chad Franz, so.).
Swimmer of the year: Ian Baeten, D.C. Everest
Coaches of the year: Melissa Springer, D.C. Everest; Samantha Franz, Wis. Rapids
SECOND TEAM
200 Medley Relay: D.C. Everest (Jack Tegart, fr., Tim Cornish, sr., Payton Rudeen, fr., Ian Baeten, sr.); 200 Freestyle: Drake Blossfield, sr., Wis. Rapids; 200 IM: Koppa’ny Bodor, so., SPASH; 50 Freestyle: Hunter Shulfer, sr., SPASH; 100 Butterfly: Jared Kort, so., SPASH; 100 Freestyle: Chad Franz, so., SPASH; 500 Freestyle: Drew Harris, fr., SPASH; 200 Freestyle Relay: SPASH (Marco Kurzynkski, fr., Eric Konkol, sr., Daniel Hess, sr., Koppa’ny Bodor, so.); 100 Backstroke: Chad Franz, so., SPASH; 100 Breastroke: Jeremy Meerstein, sr., Wausau East; 400 Freestyle Relay: Wis. Rapids (Nathan Scheunemann, so., Josh Niedbalski, jr., Dylan Engelbright, jr., Drake Blossfield, sr.).
HONORABLE MENTION
200 Medley Relay: Marshfield (Anthony Hartwig, sr., Scott Thompson, jr., Alec Brenner, jr., Ben Donahue, jr.); 200 Freestyle Daniel Hess, sr., SPASH; 200 IM Jeremy Meerstein, sr., Wausau East; 50 Freestyle: Ian Baeten, sr., D.C. Everest; 100 Butterfly: Max Romang, so., Wausau East; 100 Freestyle: Jordan Straub, jr., Wausau East; 500 Freestyle: Daniel Hess, sr., SPASH; 200 Freestyle Relay: D.C. Everest (Zach Erickson, so., Dylan O’Gorman, sr., Guthrie Hunter, fr., Lance Chandler, fr.), 100yd Backstroke: Drake Blossfield, sr., Wis. Rapids; 100 Breaststroke: Eric Konkol, sr., SPASH; 400 Freestyle Relay: SPASH (Marco Kurzynski, fr., Jared Kort, so., Koppa’ny Bodor, so., Daniel Hess, sr.).