In a vote that ended May 14, Cincinnati.com readers selected winners for the Cincinnati Enquirer Athlete of the Week, presented by Mercy Health, for the May 3-9 voting period.
Winners will receive a certificate sent through the school's athletic department. They are sent one month at a time.
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This week's winners are:
Ohio boys team: Kings lacrosse – Kings topped Turpin 15-6 on May 3, improving the team to .500 overall with a 5-1 mark in ECC play.
Ohio girls team: Taylor softball – A perfect 12-0 in CHL competition, Taylor beat Finneytown 16-0 on May 5 before edging Wyoming 3-0 the following day.
Northern Kentucky/Indiana boys team: Covington Catholic bass fishing – The Colonels qualified a boat to the KHSAA state championship for the first time, and did very well as brothers Jordan and Joe Bezold finished in fifth place out of 88 boats in the state meet, catching 10 fish totaling 24 pounds, zero ounces.
Northern Kentucky/Indiana girls team: Notre Dame tennis – The Pandas won their team sectional championship, avenging an earlier loss to Lexington Catholic to win the final match, and will advance to the semifinals of the KHSAA team championships.
Ohio baseball, big school: Wyatt Fisher, Oak Hills – The senior tossed five no-hit innings, striking out five with just one walk, in Oak Hills’ 4-0 win over Hamilton.
Ohio baseball, small school: Dougie Zang, Indian Hill – The senior went 2-for-4 with two doubles, one run scored and two RBI including a walk-off double to beat Division I Franklin on Senior Night 4-3.
Northern Kentucky/Indiana baseball: Kiernan Geraci, Dixie Heights – He had three hits and two RBI in a win over Cooper, and pitched a five-inning shutout, allowing only two hits and striking out seven.
Boys lacrosse: Alex Deutsch, Kings – In the last three games, Alex had 17 goals and 4 assists. He’s currently ranked No. 1 in the Eastern Cincinnati Conference in scoring going into the last game of the season.
Girls lacrosse: Gabby Nelson, Walnut Hills - In four games this week, the sophomore midfielder was a standout leading the Eagles with 16 ground balls and contributing 12 draw controls, 5 goals and 2 assists.
Ohio softball, big school: Audrey Renaud, Mason – The freshman hit .600 this week with a home run, triple, double and three singles. She batted in seven runs, scored four runs, walked and stole a base. In the field, she started 3 games at shortstop and one game at third base and had four assists, three putouts and zero errors. She had a big game in Mason’s win versus Sycamore, going 2-for-2 with a home run, 4 RBI and two runs scored.
Ohio softball, small school: Rylyn Dyer, Georgetown – The junior homered twice and knocked in three in Georgetown’s 9-5 win over Clermont Northeastern. She also struck out nine over seven innings to get the win.
Northern Kentucky softball: Brooke Shewmaker, Bishop Brossart – She had four hits and four stolen bases in a 10-0 win over Villa Madonna.
Tennis, singles: Jimmy Janszen, Elder – Beating Badin on May 3, Janszen won in third singles match 6-0, 6-3.
Tennis, doubles: Joey Case and Matthew Marlette, Villa Madonna -The doubles team is 8-1 on the season and recently defeated previously unbeaten Holy Cross 6-3, 2-6, (10-7). The sophomore duo has been playing varsity tennis together for Villa Madonna Academy since the seventh grade and have compiled an overall record of 26-5 as a doubles team.
Northern Kentucky boys track: Mick Clines, Bishop Brossart – The senior was part of four winning relays at the NKAC Division II championship.
Northern Kentucky girls track: Mackenzie Kessans, Villa Madonna – The junior won four events at the NKAC Division III championship: Both hurdles events, the 200 and 4x400 relay.
Ohio boys track: James Schmidt, Oak Hills – Schmidt dominated the 800-meter run at the Best of the West, running it in 1:53.61 to take first by over 12 seconds. The run also broke his own school record for the event.
Ohio girls track: Elena Horn, Turpin – At the Lebanon Invitational, the sophomore Horn won the 800-meter hurdle race with a 2:19.31.
Boys volleyball: Anthony Fago, Mason – Sweeping Oak Hills May 4, Fago led Mason in both kills and assists. The Junior put down 21 kills while assisting on 30 successful attacks.
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