In a vote that ended June 11, Cincinnati.com readers selected winners for the Cincinnati Enquirer Athlete of the Week, presented by Mercy Health, for the June 1-6 voting period.
Winners will receive a certificate sent through the school's athletic department. The certificates through May 21 have been mailed. We will send the others at the end of the spring season for Greater Cincinnati.
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This week's winners are:
Ohio boys team: Elder baseball – The Panthers toppled conference foe St. Xavier 7-3 on June 4, then upset Vandalia Butler 4-0 in extra innings on June 5 to win the region and advance to the state tournament.
Ohio girls team: Mercy McAuley track and field – All three of Mercy McAuley’s individual events finished in sixth place or better, helping to a tie for 10th in the team standings.
Northern Kentucky/Indiana boys team: Covington Catholic track – The Colonels scored 160 points to win the 3A, Region 5 track and field championship by 76.5 points.
Northern Kentucky/Indiana girls team: Dixie Heights track – The Colonels won the 3A, Region 5 championship by 44 points with 148.5.
Ohio baseball, big school: Kellen Sandhas, Elder – The junior threw an eight-inning shutout, with 8 strikeouts, against Vandalia Butler, which featured four all-state first-team selections in their starting lineup. The Panthers won 4-0, advancing to the Division I state semifinal game.
Ohio baseball, small school: Brady O’Brien, McNicholas – He drove in two runs in the 7-5 loss to Cincinnati Country Day in the regional semifinal.
Northern Kentucky/Indiana baseball: Logan Stevenson, Campbell County -He had three hits and three RBI in the Camels’ win in the 10th Region semifinals, 10-7 over Montgomery County.
Boys lacrosse: Miles Blenman, St. Xavier – He scored twice in St. Xavier’s season-ending 11-7 loss to Upper Arlington in the Division I state semifinals.
Girls lacrosse: Josey Storm, Loveland – The senior had a goal and dished out a pair of assists in Loveland’s season-ending 9-7 loss to Dublin Coffman in the Division I state semifinals.
Softball: Tori Danneman, Notre Dame Academy - In her two district games, the sophomore went 4-for-5, scoring 4 runs and 4 RBI to help the Pandas win the 35th district. She was named to the all-tournament team. In the first round of regionals, she went 4-for-4 scoring 4 runs and 5 RBI, hitting a 3-run home run to help the Pandas move into the second round of regionals play.
Northern Kentucky doubles tennis: Eli Back/Eli Hornsby, Highlands – The doubles team reached the top 16 of the KHSAA state tennis tournament before losing to their South Oldham opponent.
Northern Kentucky singles tennis: Brady Hussey, Covington Catholic - He reached the top 12 of the Kentucky High School Athletic Association singles tennis tournament before bowing to his Greenwood opponent.
Northern Kentucky boys track: Leo Bouldin, Covington Catholic – He won all four of his events at the regional meet: the 200, 110 hurdles, 4x100 relay and long jump.
Northern Kentucky girls track: Ashlyn Vanlandingham, Conner – She won first place in the 1,600-meter race and the 800-meter race and her 4-x-400 relay team earned second while breaking the school record at the Region 5 AAA meet.
Ohio boys track: La Salle 4-x-100-meter relay – A .08 second difference helped the La Salle relay of Orlando Wyatt Jr, Gi’Bran Payne, Tyreeq Sanders and Koy Beasley to a state title.
Ohio girls track: Rachel Steffen, Mount Notre Dame – Steffen had four top-five finishes, placing as runner-up in the 100-meter seated wheelchair dash, third place in both the 400-meter and 800-meter races and fifth in the seated wheelchair shot put throw.
Volleyball: Matthew Reinhold, Moeller – Reinhold was the leader in a pair of middles that stopped the Elder and Hilliard Bradley offense on the final day of the state tournament, leading the Crusaders to a Division I state championship.
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