The Monroe County Region Athlete of the Week poll became a Whiteford-Summerfield battle for the second week in a row.
This time Whiteford won.
After Summerfield baseball Josh Horak topped softball players Avy Wood (Whiteford) and Claire Franzen (Summerfield) to top the June 1-7 vote, Whiteford softball player Addeson Cousino won for June 8-14.
She drew 15,309 votes to finish ahead of the Summerfield softball duo of Brea Olmstead (10,582) and Mia Samples (1,503).
The next highest finisher had just 126.
All the candidates for the June 15-21 poll came from the Monroe vs. Lenawee All-Star baseball and football games.
Polls will remain open through 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, June 24.
Here are this week’s candidates in alphabetical order.
Gavin Albring, Ida football: Earned Most Valuable Player honors in the Monroe vs. Lenawee All-Star game by rushing for 85 yards on 16 carries.
Shevy Alexander, Whiteford football: Ran for 72 yards on 15 carries in the Monroe vs. Lenawee All-Star Game after playing guard all season.
Ryan Burgor, Airport baseball: Doubled, stole a base and scored the winning run in the Monroe vs. Lenawee All-Star Game.
Tanner Collett, Monroe football: Racked up 16 tackles in the Monroe vs. Lenawee All-Star game.
Davian Davis, Monroe football: Caught two passes for 43 yards, including a 14-yard touchdown in the Monroe vs. Lenawee All-Star game.
Zayne Emch, Whiteford baseball: Went 2-for-2 and drove in a run in the Monroe vs. Lenawee All-Star Game.
Luke Henegar, Whiteford baseball: Named Most Valuable Player in the Monroe vs. Lenawee All-Star Game after going 2-for-3 with a double and pitching a scoreless inning.
Antonio Nachtrab, Whiteford football: Gained 33 yards on 3 carries, ran 9 yards for a touchdown and scored on a 2-point conversion in the Monroe vs. Lenawee All-Star game.
Cam Riggs, Ida baseball: Pitched a scoreless final inning to earn a save in the Monroe vs. Lenawee All-Star Game.
Caden Schroyer, Whiteford baseball: Logged a pair of hits in Monroe vs. Lenawee All-Star Game.
Owen Snyder, Ida football: Threw two touchdown passes in the Monroe vs. Lenawee All-Star game.
Jacob Towne, Ida football: Hauled in two passes for 26 yards, including a 17-yard touchdown, in the Monroe vs. Lenawee All-Star game.
This article originally appeared on The Monroe News: Vote now for Monroe County Region Athlete of Week June 15-21
Reporting by Niles Kruger, The Monroe News / The Monroe News
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