FLINT – A caller twelvemonth has started, bringing pinch it nan first version of our Flint-area Winter Athlete of nan Week poll.
Throughout nan precocious schoolhouse wintertime season, MLive’s Flint-area Athlete of nan Week canvass recognizes nan bonzer efforts of prep athletes successful basketball, hockey, bowling, wrestling, swimming and gymnastics.
We for illustration to springiness our section athletes a shoutout for a occupation good done and our readers an opportunity to ballot connected who they’d for illustration to support.
You tin ballot arsenic often arsenic you for illustration until nan canvass closes astatine 9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 9.
Voting will person nary effect connected postseason awards and nary prize will beryllium awarded to nan victor (aside from nan emotion of support from your voters).
Votes MUST beryllium made connected nan canvass below. Any votes made via X aliases email will not beryllium counted.
Coaches and diversion board are encouraged to nominate players by emailing [email protected].
Here are your nominees for nan week of Dec. 22-Jan. 3.
Averie Zinn, Genesee (Girls Basketball)
Zinn scored 53 points successful a triumph complete Birch Run connected Dec. 22 and followed it up pinch a 34-point capacity against Imlay City connected Dec. 23.
Makayla Bruman, Imlay City (Girls Basketball)
Bruman had 28 points and 8 rebounds arsenic Imlay City defeated Genesee 86-44 connected Dec. 23.
Molly Gaudard, Flint Kearsley (Girls Basketball)
Gaudard led each scorers pinch 29 points successful a 56-46 triumph complete Otisville LakeVille Memorial connected Dec. 30.
Emmanuel Cooley, Grand Blanc (Boys Basketball)
Cooley dropped a double-double to lead nan Bobcats past Lansing Waverly connected Dec. 28, posting 34 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists.
Andrew Caldwell, Powers Catholic (Boys Basketball)
Caldwell posted a brace of 22-point performances to lead nan Chargers to a 3-0 grounds during nan stretch.
Cortez Porter, Davison (Boys Basketball)
Porter scored 34 points successful a buzzer-beating triumph complete Flint Kearsley connected Dec. 30, starring Davison to a 3-0 grounds during nan stretch.
Cooper Boike, Genesee Christian (Boys Basketball)
Boike led Genesee Christian to a 2-0 record, scoring 35 points against Maple City Glen Lake and 20 against Laingsburg.
Noah Wood, Durand (Boys Bowling)
Wood had an awesome agelong of bowling, rolling a 300 successful a convention triumph against Byron and finishing 2nd astatine nan Utica Singles Jingles.
He besides earned all-tournament squad honors astatine nan Davison Holiday Doubles Tournament and nan Flushing Raider Jerry Doyle Doubles Tournament pinch a 435 and 461, respectively, successful 2 games.
Layla Hunter, Flint Kearsley (Girls Bowling)
The Flushing Raider Jerry Doyle Doubles Tournament ended pinch 2 Flint Kearsley squads going head-to-head successful nan championship.
Partnered pinch Olivia Hurst, Hunter took first spot pinch a two-game full complete 341, defeating Kearsley’s Noel Bunch and Delaney Vanier.
Olivia Hurst, Flint Kearsley (Girls Bowling)
The Flushing Raider Jerry Doyle Doubles Tournament ended pinch 2 Flint Kearsley squads going head-to-head successful nan championship.
Partnered pinch Layla Hunter, Hurst took first spot pinch a two-game full complete 341, defeating Kearsley’s Noel Bunch and Delaney Vanier.
Michael Richardson, Flushing (Boys Bowling)
Partnered pinch Hayden Gilbert, Richardson took first astatine nan Flushing Raider Jerry Doyle Doubles Tournament pinch a two-game people of 393 successful nan championship.
Hayden Gilbert, Flushing (Boys Bowling)
Partnered pinch Michael Richardson, Gilbert took first astatine nan Flushing Raider Jerry Doyle Doubles Tournament pinch a two-game people of 393 successful nan championship.
Allison Temple, Swartz Creek (Girls Bowling)
Temple earned all-tournament squad honors astatine nan Flushing Raider Jerry Doyle Doubles Tournament and vanished tied pinch Meadow Ng for nan highest individual people of 401.
Meadow Ng, Grand Blanc (Girls Bowling)
Ng earned all-tournament squad honors astatine nan Flushing Raider Jerry Doyle Doubles Tournament and vanished tied pinch Allison Temple for nan highest individual people of 401.
Dominic Dilts, New Lothrop (Boys Bowling)
Dilts outlasted a section of 75 bowlers to return first spot astatine nan Utica Singles Jingles, defeating Durand’s Noah Wood successful nan title 205-143.
Lucas Knowles, Grand Blanc (Boys Bowling)
Knowles teamed up pinch Katelynn Olds to triumph nan Davison Mixed Doubles Tournament.
Katelynn Olds, Grand Blanc (Girls Bowling)
Olds teamed up pinch Lucas Knowles to triumph nan Davison Mixed Doubles Tournament.
Tyler Sage, Linden (Wrestling)
Sage posted a 3-0 grounds astatine nan Detroit Catholic Central Invitational, taking first spot successful nan 113-pound bracket.
Jonathan Golec, Goodrich (Wrestling)
Golec posted a 3-0 grounds astatine nan Detroit Catholic Central Invitational, taking first spot successful nan 215-pound bracket.
Evan Ostrander, New Lothrop (Wrestling)
Ostrander posted a 3-0 grounds astatine nan LH Lamb Invitational, taking first spot successful nan 157-pound bracket.
D’Marion Erlenbeck, Clio (Wrestling)
Erlenbeck posted a 2-0 grounds astatine nan LH Lamb Invitational, taking first spot successful nan 165-pound bracket.
Fred Hammond, Otisville LakeVille Memorial (Wrestling)
Hammond posted a 2-0 grounds astatine nan Detroit Catholic Central Invitational, taking first spot successful nan 175-pound bracket.