Winner of The News Tribune’s Athlete of the Week (Dec. 4 to 9)
Voting is now closed for The News Tribune’s Athlete of the Week for high school sports contests played Dec. 4-9.
Thanks to everyone who voted and supported local student-athletes.
This week’s winner is:
Lainee Houillon, Sumner girls basketball
She scored a game-high 18 points in a win over Peninsula.
The poll is located below. You can read about all of the candidates and their accomplishments below.
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Want to nominate a South Sound high school athlete in the future? Email reporters Jon Manley (jon.manley@thenewstribune.com) or Lauren Smith (lsmith@thenewstribune.com) or send a direct message on Twitter (@manley_tnt or @smithlm12) with the athlete’s first and last name, school, year, position and a stat line from game(s) during the past week. Nominations must be submitted by 5 p.m. Sunday.
Dalton Brown, Tahoma boys basketball — Paced the Bears with 21 points in a win over Auburn Mountainview and 19 points in a win over Kentwood.
Olivia Collins, Sumner girls basketball — Scored 14 points in 76-39 win over Peninsula.
Dylan Gilderhus, Rogers boys basketball — Scored nine points and added three rebounds, six assists and five steals in a win over Bellarmine Prep, scored 15 points and added four rebounds, three assists and three steals in a win over Sumner, and led the Rams with 23 points and added six rebounds and two assists in a win over Skyview.
Kaylia Heidelberg, Peninsula girls basketball — Led Peninsula with 22 points and added six rebounds, three assists and a steal in win over Bainbridge, scored a team-high 20 points and had five rebounds and two steals in a win over Capital, and scored a team-high 14 points and added a rebound, two assists, a steal and block in a loss to Sumner.
Lainee Houillon, Sumner girls basketball — Scored a game-high 18 points in a win over Peninsula.
Clay Morgan, Tumwater boys basketball — Paced the T-Birds with 16 points, and added seven rebounds, six assists and four steals in a win over Rochester, and led Tumwater with 15 points, and added four rebounds, five assists and two steals in a win over Mountain View.
Jaylen Petty, Auburn boys basketball — Led Auburn with 20 points in a win over Mount Rainier, 26 points in a win over Todd Beamer and 26 points in a win over Timberline.
Michael Reed, Auburn boys basketball — Scored 19 points, including four 3-pointers, in 72-45 win over Timberline on Saturday.
Grace Richardson, Peninsula girls basketball — Scored 11 points and had nine rebounds, seven assists, five steals and four blocks in a win over Bainbridge, posted a double-double with 17 points, 13 rebounds, five assists and seven steals in a win over Capital, and scored 12 points and added nine rebounds, three assists, two steals and three blocks in a loss to Sumner.
Kenyon Simmons, Timberline boys basketball — Paced the Blazers with 17 points in a win over River Ridge, and added six rebounds, three assists and three steals, and scored a team-high 18 points in a loss to Auburn.
Treyshawn Weatherspoon, Rogers boys basketball — Paced the Rams with 18 points, three rebounds, three assists, two steals and a block in a win over Bellarmine Prep, had 13 points, six rebounds, six assists and five steals in a win over Sumner, and 12 points, five rebounds, six assists and three steals in a win over Skyview.
This story was originally published December 11, 2023 at 11:50 AM.
