Here is the Louisburg Sports Zone Athlete of the Week for week nine of the spring sports season, sponsored by Dr. Laura’s Orthodontics.

Reese Johnson, Junior, Girls Soccer

Louisburg junior Reese Johnson has been one of the veteran leaders for the Wildcat girls soccer team and it showed up at the right time last week. The Wildcats were tied with Eudora in double overtime of the regional championship match, but with 12 seconds left Johnson got the game-winning assist on a goal from Lexi Hampton to help the Wildcats to their fifth regional title.

On the season, Johnson has initiated a lot of the attack for Louisburg as she is second on the team with eight assists and also has nine goals on the year. Johnson and the Wildcats will compete in the Class 4-1A Final Four this weekend in Wichita.

The athlete of the week award is announced every Wednesday morning during the spring season and the winner is selected by Louisburg Sports Zone with the help of nominations from coaches.

Previous winners:

Week 1: Lexi Hampton

Week 2: Kolby Kattau

Week 3: Jaden Vohs

Week 4: Mia Wilson

Week 5: Johnny Eberhart

Week 6: Alyse Moore

Week 7: Brandon Doles

Week 8: Delaney Wright

Here is the Louisburg Sports Zone Athlete of the Week for week eight of the spring sports season, sponsored by Edward Jones-Craig Holtzen.

Delaney Wright, Junior, Track and Field

It was quite the day for Louisburg junior Delaney Wright last Thursday at the Frontier League Invitational as she won two league titles and broke a school record. In the 400-meter dash, Wright ran a time of 58.76 seconds – to not only win the event – but broke her own school record in the process. Wright also won a league title in the long jump with a mark of 17 feet, 8.75 inches, which was less than two inches away from the league record.

Later on in the day, Wright went on to finish third in the 200-meter dash. Throughout the season, Wright has broken the school record in all three events and has beaten the mark in the long jump and 400 dash on multiple occasions.

The athlete of the week award is announced every Wednesday morning during the spring season and the winner is selected by Louisburg Sports Zone with the help of nominations from coaches.

Previous winners:

Week 1: Lexi Hampton

Week 2: Kolby Kattau

Week 3: Jaden Vohs

Week 4: Mia Wilson

Week 5: Johnny Eberhart

Week 6: Alyse Moore

Week 7: Brandon Doles

Here is the Louisburg Sports Zone Athlete of the Week for week seven of the spring sports season, sponsored by IronHorse Family and Cosmetic Dentistry.

Brandon Doles, Junior, Baseball

Louisburg junior Brandon Doles helped the Wildcat baseball team, both in the field and with the bat, as he guided his team to a 2-1 record last week with wins over Eudora and Wellsville. Against Eudora, Doles pitched a complete game as he allowed just one earned run on three hits. He also added two hits and 2 RBIs at the plate to help Louisburg to a 7-5 win.

Against Wellsville, Doles went 4-for-4 with a double and 4 RBIs in Louisburg’s 14-3 win over Wellsville last Thursday. On the season, Doles is currently batting .420 with 29 hits, five doubles and a home run. He also has 23 runs batted in. On the mound, Doles is currently 3-3 on the year with 20 strikeouts and a 3.88 earned run average.

The athlete of the week award is announced every Wednesday morning during the spring season and the winner is selected by Louisburg Sports Zone with the help of nominations from coaches.

Previous winners:

Week 1: Lexi Hampton

Week 2: Kolby Kattau

Week 3: Jaden Vohs

Week 4: Mia Wilson

Week 5: Johnny Eberhart

Week 6: Alyse Moore

Here is the Louisburg Sports Zone Athlete of the Week for week six of the spring sports season, sponsored by Louisburg Family Dental.

Alyse Moore, Senior, Track and Field

Louisburg senior Alyse Moore rewrote the Wildcat track record books Friday at the De Soto Invitational. Moore broke the school record in the javelin with a throw of 149 feet to take first place overall. She broke Krystal Bowes’ 20-year-old school record of 145-10 that was set in 2001.

Along with that, Moore’s throw of 149-0 was good for the second best throw in the state. It is also the fourth best throw in the entire country. She has also won every javelin competition this year, with the exception of one, and will look to break that record again as the year goes on as she competes for a state title.

The athlete of the week award is announced every Wednesday morning during the spring season and the winner is selected by Louisburg Sports Zone with the help of nominations from coaches.

Previous winners:

Week 1: Lexi Hampton

Week 2: Kolby Kattau

Week 3: Jaden Vohs

Week 4: Mia Wilson

Week 5: Johnny Eberhart

Here is the Louisburg Sports Zone Athlete of the Week for week five of the spring sports season, sponsored by Edward Jones-Craig Holtzen.

Johnny Eberhart, Senior, Golf

Louisburg senior Johnny Eberhart put together back-to-back rounds of strong golf last week. Eberhart led the Wildcats at the Osawatomie Invitational and Frontier League Invitational with a pair of top five finishes. On what was a cold, blustery day on the Osawatomie Golf Course last Tuesday, Eberhart carded an 85 to finish second overall.

The next day, Eberhart played on the difficult Sycamore Ridge Golf Course in Spring Hill for the league meet and fired an 86 to medal fourth overall in the Frontier League. His score also helped the Wildcats to a third place league finish, just three strokes behind first.

The athlete of the week award is announced every Wednesday morning during the spring season and the winner is selected by Louisburg Sports Zone with the help of nominations from coaches.

Previous winners:

Week 1: Lexi Hampton

Week 2: Kolby Kattau

Week 3: Jaden Vohs

Week 4: Mia Wilson

Here is the Louisburg Sports Zone Athlete of the Week for week four of the spring sports season, sponsored by Edward Jones-Craig Holtzen.

Mia Wilson, Junior, Softball

Louisburg junior Mia Wilson provided a big spark for the Lady Cat softball team Thursday. Wilson helped the Lady Cats to their first win on the season as she pitched three scoreless innings to pick up the 5-3 victory over Tonganoxie. She also recorded an RBI base hit late in the win and provided several big defensive plays at shortstop.

For the week, Wilson finished up with nine strikeouts against Tonganoxie and Bonner Springs and had 2 RBIs at the plate. 

The athlete of the week award is announced every Wednesday morning during the spring season and the winner is selected by Louisburg Sports Zone with the help of nominations from coaches.

Previous winners:

Week 1: Lexi Hampton

Week 2: Kolby Kattau

Week 3: Jaden Vohs

Here is the Louisburg Sports Zone Athlete of the Week for week three of the spring sports season, sponsored by Dr. Laura’s Orthodontics.

Jaden Vohs, Junior, Track and Field

Louisburg junior Jaden Vohs was a big part of the Wildcats boys’ victory at the Paola Invitational last Thursday. Vohs won the 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes and 9 seconds. Earlier in the meet, Vohs ran the anchor leg of the 4×800-meter relay as he joined Carson Houchen, Cade Holtzen and Hayden Ross to win in 8:52.

After it was over, the Louisburg boys team won the Paola Invitational with 141 points defeated runner-up Paola by 17.

The athlete of the week award is announced every Wednesday morning during the spring season and the winner is selected by Louisburg Sports Zone with the help of nominations from coaches.

Previous winners:

Week 1: Lexi Hampton

Week 2: Kolby Kattau

Here is the Louisburg Sports Zone Athlete of the Week for week two of the spring sports season, sponsored by IronHorse Family and Cosmetic Dentistry.

Kolby Kattau, Junior, Baseball

Louisburg junior Kolby Kattau had quite the opener for the Wildcat baseball team as he hit a bases-clearing triple to help give the Wildcats a 7-4 win over Baldwin. Along with the game-winning hit, he pitched the final four innings of the contest and struck out six batters.

On the week, Kattau had a .429 batting average and recorded two doubles, a triple and 7 RBIs. He also stole four bases and scored five runs as Kattau helped the Wildcats to a sweep of Baldwin last week.

The athlete of the week award is announced every Wednesday morning during the spring season and the winner is selected by Louisburg Sports Zone with the help of nominations from coaches.

Previous winners:

Week 1: Lexi Hampton

Here is the Louisburg Sports Zone Athlete of the Week for week one of the spring sports season, sponsored by Louisburg Family Dental.

Lexi Hampton, Freshman, Girls Soccer

Louisburg freshman Lexi Hampton made quite the impact for the Wildcat girls soccer team last week. In her first ever varsity competition, Hampton finished with a hat trick in Louisburg’s season opening win over Lansing. She then followed it up with a two-goal performance in the Wildcats’ win over Atchison last Thursday.

In all, Hampton finished the week with five goals and had 11 shots on goal as she helped the Wildcats to a perfect start to its season. Currently, Louisburg has a 3-0 record to start the year.

The athlete of the week award is announced every Wednesday morning during the spring season and the winner is selected by Louisburg Sports Zone with the help of nominations from coaches.

Here is the Louisburg Sports Zone Athlete of the Week for week 13 of the winter sports season, sponsored by Edward Jones-Craig Holtzen.

Konnor Vohs, Senior, Boys Basketball

Louisburg senior Konnor Vohs came up with several big plays this past week to help the Wildcats to their first state championship, but none were bigger than with nine seconds left in the state semifinals against Augusta last Thursday. Louisburg held a 3-point lead, but Vohs stepped to the free-throw line for two shots and knocked them both down to seal the victory for the Wildcats.

Vohs, who has been one of the team’s best defenders all season, did the same last week. He helped the Wildcats to two wins, including a state quarterfinal victory over Parsons and the win over Augusta to put Louisburg into the championship game. The Wildcats finished second in Class 4A, which is their best finish in school history.

The athlete of the week award is announced every Wednesday morning during the winter season and the winner is selected by Louisburg Sports Zone with the help of nominations from coaches.

Previous winners:

Week 1: Jordan Mynsted

Week 2: Julian Margrave

Week 3: Alec Younggren

Week 4: Megan Foote

Week 5: Madilyn Melton

Week 6: Michael Seuferling

Week 7: Cade Holtzen

Week 8: Ryan Owens

Week 9: Aiden Barker

Week 10: Weston Guetterman

Week 11: Alyse Moore

Weel 12: Ben Guetterman