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Spring winners
Week 1 ― Ashlynn Burke, JoBurg softball
Week 2 ― Marshall Krajniak, Gaylord golf
Week 3 ― Emery Lawes, JoBurg softball
Week 4 ― Neela Lawes, JoBurg softball
Week 5 ― Brooke Warren, Gaylord softball
Finn Miller, Gaylord baseball
Miller hit three home runs in three consecutive doubleheaders this week, including a solo shot vs. Gaylord’s rival, Petoskey, on May 21.
Zayden Mullins, Gaylord baseball
Mullins went 4-6 with a double, a triple and four RBIs in a sweep of Cadillac.
Lily Lauer, Gaylord softball
In a win over TC West, Lauer was 3-for-4 with a home run, eight RBIs and a run scored.
Khloe VanOosten, Gaylord soccer
VanOosten scored two goals in a 4-0 win over Petoskey that clinched a share of Gaylord’s first Big North Championship since 2002.
Charlie Cameron, St. Mary baseball
Cameron hit 9-for-11 (.818) with a double, six runs scored and five RBIs, helping St. Mary baseball to four wins this past week.
Peyton Greenier, St. Mary softball
Greenier went 3-for-4 with a double, three runs scored and four RBIs in an 11-9 win over Mancelona.
Mady Peppin, JoBurg softball
Peppin hit 5-for-11 (.455) with two doubles, three RBIs and two runs scored for JoBurg this week.
Peyton Basinski, JoBurg baseball
Peyton Basinski was 3-for-3 with a double, three RBIs and two runs scored vs. Bellaire.
Tanner Basinski, JoBurg baseball
The elder Basinski went 3-for-4 with a triple and two runs scored vs. Bellaire.
Danielle Agren, JoBurg track and field
Agren won the 1600-meter and 3200-meter runs at the Ski Valley Conference Championship meet at Mancelona on May 20.
Contact GHT Sports Editor Dylan Jespersen at Djespersen@gaylordheraldtimes.com. Follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @dylanjespersen, and Instagram, @dylanjespersen
This article originally appeared on The Petoskey News-Review: Vote for the Gaylord Herald Times Athlete of the Week, May 18-24
Reporting by Dylan Jespersen, The Petoskey News-Review / The Petoskey News-Review
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