Colfax High School honors athletes at annual banquet

COLFAX — The Colfax Kiwanis sponsored the annual athletic banquet held in the Colfax High School cafeteria April 30 as athletes from all sports throughout the year were recognized.

 

It came as no surprise the Male and Female Athlete of the Year awards were presented to Ethin Kiekhafer and Mallie Doucette. Both of them have lettered in three sports for all four years of high school, totaling 24 letters and have received numerous awards throughout their careers.Kiekhafer was also named Most Coachable as selected by all the coaches, while Heidi Lieffort, who lettered in cross country and track for four years was Female Most Coachable. Kiekhafer and Doucette were also recognized for being nominated for  the WIAA Scholar Athlete award and Lieffort received a plaque for the Army Reserve Scholar Athlete. Local grocery store owner Kyle Kressin was chosen as the Loyal Fan of the Year for all the support he has given the athletes and the school this year.

Spring sport coaches introduced their players and gave a rundown of the (short) season so far, including Vince Ross (golf), Tim Wilson (Baseball), Joe Doucette (softball), Ryan Krall (girls’ track) and Jamie Buchholz (boys’ track).  (Spring coaches present their awards in an end of the season get together).

Fall and winter sports coaches then presented their awards which are as follows:

Volleyball (coach Pam Meredith): Top Assists: Dannielle Dachel, Most Improved: Emily Halpin, Top Digger: Taylor Shipman, Top Spiker: Kori Buchanan, Most Valuable: Kori Buchanan.

Girls’ Golf (coach Kim Meyers): Leading Chipper: Hannah DeMoe, Most Improved: Allison Yingst, Most Valuable: Whitney DeMoe.

Football (coach Mark Maloney): Lineman of the Year: Ben Kragness, Back of the Year: Noah Pretasky, Best Defensive Player: Jeremiah Wait and Ethin Kiekhafer, Most Valuable: Logan Sikora.

Cross Country (coach Joe Doucette): Girls-Most Improved: Dannielle Dachel, Most Valuable: Dempsey Fogarty. Boys-Most Improved: Brady Simonson, Most Valuable: Tucker Hovde.

Cheerleading (coach Missy Prince): Football – Outstanding Cheerleader: Abby Stone, Basketball – Outstanding Cheerleader: Haley Flug, Most Spirit: Equality Wilson.

Dance (coach Vicki Seston): Best Showmanship: Natalie Dworak,  Best Choreographer: Sarah Burton, Most Improved: Ashley Sault, Most Valuable: Allison Yingst.

Boys’ Basketball (coach Garrett Maas): Best Defensive Player: Jarrod Rudi, Top Rebounder: Sawyer DeMoe, Most Improved: Grant Phillips, Most Valuable: Ethin Kiekhafer.

Girls’ Basketball (coach Doucette): Best Defensive Player: Dannielle Dachel, Top Rebounder: Braanna Steen, Most Improved: Alexis Rudi and Taylor Shipman, Most Valuable: Mallie Doucette.

Wrestling (assistant Coach Ryan Lang): Wrestling awards were given out at an earlier banquet in Bloomer but assistant coach Ryan Lang was there to present the co-captain award to Jon Hayton and the Most Valuable award to Brady Simonson.

Last year’s  spring sports awards went to:

Girls’ track:  Most Improved running: Katie Christoffel, field events: Marianne Scharlau. Most Valuable running: Dempsey Fogarty, Most Valuable field: Heidi Lieffort.

Boys’ track: Most Improved running: Devon Utpadel, Most Improved field: Rhett Kragness, Most Valuable running: Garrett Miller, Most Valuable field: Ben Kragness.

Softball: Most Improved: Lakken Meredith, Most Valuable: Mallie Doucette

Baseball: Leading Hitter: Logan Mittelstadt, Most Valuable: Austin Lee

Boys’ Golf: Most Improved, Trevor Seston, Most Valuable: Dillon Lloyd.