Athlete of the Week is back for the 2026 spring season!
Each week, athletes from Gaylord, St. Mary and Johannesburg-Lewiston will be nominated, and its up to you to vote for which player had the best performance for the past week. Voting will conclude early Friday morning every week.
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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
Ella Cherwinski, Gaylord soccer
Cherwinski scored two goals in Gaylord’s 5-1 win over Cadillac.
Josie Bensinger, Gaylord soccer
Bensinger scored two goals in Gaylord’s 5-1 win over Cadillac.
Charlie Cameron, Gaylord St. Mary baseball
Cameron hit .353 with 13 RBIs and 8 runs scored and went 2-1 pitching with three earned runs and 11 strikeouts.
Josias Ferrett, Gaylord baseball
Ferrett struck out 11 North Branch batters over four innings pitched.
Finn Miller, Gaylord baseball
Miller went 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBIs and a run scored vs. North Branch.
Lily Ryckman-Hall, Gaylord softball
Ryckman-Hall went 7-for-18 (.388) with two home runs, a double, six RBIs and six runs scored over five games.
Brooke Warren, Gaylord softball
Warren hit two home runs, accounted for eight RBIs and six runs scored over five games.
Mady Peppin, JoBurg softball
Peppin was 8-for-20 (.400) with two doubles, two triples, 12 runs scored and 8 RBIs over seven games.
Kane VanOosten, Gaylord golfVanOosten finished tied for second at the Petoskey Invite with a 75 overall round, then finished tied for fourth at Alpena with another 75 overall.
George Mertz, Gaylord St. Mary golf
Mertz finished tied atop the leaderboard at the Mancelona Ski Valley Invite with an 80 overall and finished tied for second at the Central Lake Invite with a 42 overall over 9 holes.
Jimmy Jorgenson, Gaylord track
Jorgenson won the 100-meter run at the Division 2 regional meet in Cadillac at 11.66 seconds
Lillian Mason, Gaylord track
Mason set a new pole vault school record at 11 feet, 3 inches while qualifying for states in the 100-meter (second, 13.37 seconds), 200-meter (second, 27.19 seconds) and the 4×100-meter relay (first, 50.77 seconds).
Ivy Roberts, Gaylord track
Roberts was part of the regional title-winning 4×100-meter relay team, won her own title in the girls high jump (5 feet, 1 inch) and qualified for states in the 300-meter hurdles (second, 49.36 seconds).
Calvin Cosby, Gaylord track
Cosby won a regional title by clearing 15 feet at Cadillac and set a new school record at the Clare Meet on Monday May, 11 at 15 feet, 3 inches.
Danielle Agren, JoBurg track
Agren won the 3200-meter run at the Division 4 regional meet at Inland Lakes on Friday, May 15 with a time of 12 minutes, 57.17 seconds.
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 11-16
Reporting by Dylan Jespersen, The Petoskey News-Review / The Petoskey News-Review
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