Who was the Milwaukee area’s top prep athlete last week? You tell us.
You can vote for the Piggly Wiggly Milwaukee Journal Sentinel high school athlete of the week until 3 p.m. May 9. You don’t have to be a subscriber to vote. Votes are limited to one per hour per device.
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Cayden Burtness of Pewaukee baseball was the winner of last week’s poll.
You can make a nomination for a future player of the week by sending an email with statistics and context on their performance to mwhitlow@gannett.com and zbellman@gannett.com. Do not send votes to these addresses.
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The senior had herself a record-breaking week for the Warhawks. On April 28 at the Classic 8 Conference relay meet, Eicher ran legs on the 4×100 (46.61 seconds) and 4×200-meter relay teams (1:38.55) that both won, including setting the fastest time for a team across the state in each event this season. At the Brookfield Central Invite on May 2, Eicher became the first jumper in conference history to jump 20 feet in the long jump competition.
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The senior and future UW-Whitewater Warhawk became the first Oriole in the history of Hartford’s boys and girls tennis programs to win 100 career matches with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over West Bend East’s Sam Loiacono.
The sophomore went 7-for-10 with a double, triple and two home runs. The two home runs came in a 5-1 win over Kettle Moraine on May 1, part of a 2-1 week for the Sabers.
The junior struck out 15 in six shutout innings in an 8-0 win over Greendale on April 28, bringing his strikeout total to a team-high 30 on the season.
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The senior broke the program’s all-time stolen base record last week previously held by Julia Lampe since 2004. Sippy upped her steal total to 59 career stolen bases, surpassing Lampe’s previous record of 57 in a 5-0 week for the Knights, extending the program’s win streak to 10 games.
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