There was plenty of action to look back on from the past week.
Here are the top prep performers from the week of May 27-June 1 in Manitowoc and Sheboygan counties.
There won’t be a set number of players chosen in each sport in a given week, just including performances which stood out and deserve recognition.
This means there might be more or less than the week previous.
Another criteria is to limit selections to one player per team, per sport.
To submit nominations, email Tom Dombeck at tdombeck@htrnews.com by Sunday evening.
Last week’s track and field standouts are highlighted in the state track and field recap story.
Baseball
Grant Manz, Kiel: Manz lifted Kiel to a commanding 17-0 romp over Berlin on Tuesday in the WIAA Division 2 regional semifinal, going 2-for-2 with a double and six RBIs.
Noah Wech, Manitowoc Lincoln: Wech earned the complete-game victory on Thursday as Manitowoc Lincoln edged Oshkosh North 3-1 in the Division 1 regional final. He scattered two hits over seven innings, issued no free passes and struck out 12 batters.
Nolan Sand, Mishicot: Sand helped lift Mishicot to a 3-1 win over Manitowoc Lutheran in Tuesday in the Division 3 regional semifinal. He earned the win, tossing 6 2/3 innings while holding the Lancers to four hits and fanning seven batters.
Ethan Schmitz, New Holstein: Schmitz hit a two-RBI double in the first inning and later scored to account for all three of New Holstein’s runs in a 3-1 win over Sheboygan Lutheran on Tuesday in the Division 3 regional semifinal.
Jackson Neilitz, Plymouth: Neilitz was 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in the top of the seventh inning as Plymouth fell to Kiel 9-5 in the Division 2 regional final on Thursday.
Gavin Dvorachek, Reedsville: Dvorachek went 1-for-3 with three RBIs on Wednesday as Reedsville defeated Rosholt 6-1 in the Division 4 regional semifinal.
Softball
Bri Donner, Plymouth: Donner went 2-for-2 and scored Plymouth’s lone run in a 7-1 loss to Waupun in the WIAA Division 2 sectional semifinal on Tuesday. She recorded two of the Panther’s three hits on the afternoon as well.
Kiran Sanford, Mishicot: Sanford threw a no hitter on Thursday, striking out 18 batters and issuing no walks as Mishicot defeated Peshtigo 3-0 in the Division 3 sectional final. Her only blemish was a hit batter in the second inning. Sanford was also 2-for-2 with an RBI double in the fourth to give Mishicot a 1-0 lead.
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Jayla Harter, Random Lake: Harter was 2-for-3 with a pair of home runs, three runs scored and three RBIs on Tuesday to help Random Lake knock off Algoma 9-5 in the Division 4 sectional semifinal.
Girls soccer
Ariana Jelenc, Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah: Jelenc recorded a hat trick with three goals on Thursday as Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah fell to Howards Grove in the WIAA Division 4 regional semifinal.
Kalli Knowles, Plymouth: Knowles dominated on Thursday with three goals and two assists in Plymouth’s 12-0 demolition of New London in the Division 3 regional semifinal.
Lillian Reinl, Sheboygan Falls: Reinl’s two goals help Sheboygan Falls roll past Wautoma/Wild Rose 8-0 in the Division 3 regional semifinal.
Taavi Saeger, Kiel: Saeger was an A+ teammate on Thursday, assisting five goals while adding one of her own in Kiel’s 13-0 rout of Clintonville in the Division 4 regional semifinal.
Maria Zylstra, Sheboygan Lutheran/Christian: Zylstra’s two goals and one assist helped spark the co-op to a 4-0 win over Sturgeon Bay on Saturday in the Division 4 regional championship.
State contenders:WIAA girls soccer: These 4 Manitowoc, Sheboygan teams have best shot at state tournament
Boys golf
Karson Kowalski, Mishicot: Kowalski finished seventh at the WIAA Division 3 sectional at McCauslin Brook Golf Course on Tuesday, carding an 8-over, 78 to qualify for the state tournament.
Roberto Reyes, Sheboygan North: Reyes helped lead Sheboygan North to the Division 1 sectional championship on Wednesday at North Shore Country Club. He placed second, shooting a 3-over, 75 as the Golden Raiders edged Hartford Union by three strokes to make state as a team.
Elliott Leibham, Sheboygan Lutheran: Leibham was one of three area golfers to qualify for the state tournament out of Tuesday’s Division 3 sectional at South Hills, tying for fourth with a 5-over, 76.
Carson Mersberger, Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah: Mersberger (6-over, 77) was next up among the individual qualifiers at the St. Mary’s Springs hosted sectional, taking sixth.
Dylan Bramstedt, Valders: Bramstedt (7-over, 78), was seventh to punch his ticket to state out of the South Hills sectional.
Boys tennis
Owen Plate/Jaren Baltus, Plymouth: Plate and Baltus reached the semifinals of the WIAA Division 1 doubles individual tennis championships on Saturday before being upended. They then lost the third-place match 7-6 (2), 6-4 to Michael Stuckslager/Patrick Teuteberg of Marquette University to finish fourth.
Contact Tom Dombeck at 920-686-2965 ortdombeck@htrnews.com. Follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, at@Tom_Dombeck.
