McKenzie Thoma and Ashlynn Brisk topped the Central Wisconsin Conference-10 stat books this season and this week were named the league’s Players of the Year.
Brisk, a 5-6 junior guard at Bowler High School, led the conference in assists (71, 3.9 average), rebounds (203, 11.3) and steals (161, 8.9). She had eight triple-doubles.
“She showed progress throughout the year and was consistently the best player on the court every night,” Bowler coach A.J. Miller said.
Thoma, a 6-foot senior guard at Marion High School, was the league’s leading scorer. She was also a first-team All-CWC-10 selection last season.
Thoma led the CWC-10 champion Mustangs with 290 points, one more point than Brisk. Both girls averaged 16.1 points a game.
Marion junior Cassidy Detert was named to the CWC-10 second team, and senior Tanya Dey was an honorable mention.
Menominee Indian sophomore Ania Smith earned second-team honors. Junior Sasha Peters was an honorable mention.
Tigerton senior Erin Robbins made the second team. Senior Emily Wendt was an honorable mention.
In CWC-10 boys basketball honors, Gresham junior Christian Haffner was a first-team selection. He was second in the conference in scoring (335, 18.6) and assists (77, 4.3) Senior Scott Cerveny was a second -team selection. He led the league in assists (84, 4.7).
Marion senior Aaron Hoffman was a first-team selection. Senior Cole Drefahl was named to the second team.
Menominee Indian junior Michael Pecore and freshman Ron Frechette, Bowler junior Cody Montez and Tigerton senior Woodrow Nelson were honorable mentions.
Wild Rose senior Josh Erickson was named the Player of the Year.
CWC-8
In the CWC-8, Bonduel juniors Jennifer Dowden and Alexa Reinke were named first-team all-conference.
Dowden, a 6-foot junior who was a first-team selection last year, was second in the league in scoring (225, 16.1) and rebounding (123, 8.8) and led the league in blocked shots (32, 2.3). She was also third in assists (46, 3.3) and steals (51, 3.6).
Bonduel junior Deanna Zernicke was a second-team selection.
Wittenberg-Birnamwood senior Mikayla Hartman and junior Micah Nier were first-team selections. Senior Taylor Bushman was named to the second team. Sophomore Siri Zienert was an honorable mention.
For the second straight year, Amherst senior Jamie Pitt was named Player of the Year.
Junior Connor Rosin was a second-team selection for the Bonduel boys. Senior Zach Zernicke was an honorable mention.
Wittenberg-Birnamwood senior Tyler Milanowski and junior Nick Kapitz were honorable mentions.
Stevens Point Pacelli senior Issac Elliot was named the Player of the Year.
Wrestling
In wrestling, Bonduel had nine wrestlers earn all-conference honors. Garrett Siolka (113, 32-6), Travis Wollenberg (126, 29-6), Sam Kroenig (145, 23-7) and Jacob Wudtke (31-4) earned first-team honors. Scott Gunderson (106, 22-11), Austin Siolka (32-6), Dan Tauchen (152, 32-6) and Mitch Sokolski (28-9) were on the second team. Bennett Gunderson (195, 24-14) was an honorable mention.
Central Wisconsin Conference champion Wittenberg-Birnamwood led the way with 12 wrestlers receiving honors, including CWC Wrestler of the Year senior Ben Vosters (120, 40-1).
Joining Vosters on the first team were Stetson Potrykus (106, 39-4), Bobby Uttecht (132, 31-5), Brenden Randell (138, 28-8), Braxton Potrykus (152, 34-2), Alex Peplinski (160, 35-7) and August Peplinski (195, 36-5). Second-team honors went to Zach Urquhart (113, 31-11), Gavin Czerwonka (126, 29-14), Griffin Magee (145, 27-13), Doug Ostrowski (182, 16-5) and John White Wing (285, 21-6).
Menominee Indian had eight wreslters earn honorable mentions: Vel Hawkins (106, 19-15), Blake Stoehr (120, 24-14), Kyle Winker (126, 37-5), Patrick White (132, 15-15), Antonio Mahkimetas (145, 10-11), Forrest Webster (152, 24-10), James Pecore (182, 25-8), Keenan Richmond (220, 35-8).


