Queen City Sports Report’s Boys’ Athletes of the Week
Erik Anglemyer, Charlotte Latin Cross Country, Senior: The Hawks’ distance standout ran a personal-best 15:44.20 to finish third in the Red Invitational race at the Great American Cross Country Festival last Saturday at WakeMed Park in Cary.
Anglemyer’s run was the second-fastest 5-kilometer time in school history as he led the Charlotte Latin boys’ cross country team to runner-up finish in Cary.
Kaden Craft, Lake Norman Football, Junior: The 6-foot-4, 210-pound quarterback went 23-for-34 for 307 yards and four touchdowns last Friday in a 45-22 win over Statesville.
Craft, a University of Tennessee commit, has passed for 1,284 yards and 13 touchdowns for Lake Norman (6-0) this season.
Kaleb Frost, Piedmont Soccer, Junior: The Panthers’ junior scored a goal in 4-1 win last Wednesday at Sun Valley.
Frost added another goal Thursday in a 2-2 tie with West Stanly.
Frost has 11 goals and five assists for Piedmont (9-4-1) this season.
Grant Collum, Hough Cross Country, Junior: Collum ran a personal-best 15:54.10 to finish ninth in the Blue Invitational race (of 368 runners) at the Great American Cross Country Festival last Saturday at WakeMed Park in Cary.
Collum’s efforts also helped the Hough cross country team to a 17th-place finish (of 44 teams) in the same race.
Luke Meador, Providence Football, Senior: The 6-foot, 175-pound quarterback passed for 346 yards and five touchdowns in a 41-21 win last Friday over East Mecklenburg.
For the season, Meador has completed about 60 percent of his passes, throwing for 1,701 yards and 19 touchdowns.
Providence improved to 3-4 overall with the victory.
Cade Rasmussen, Community School of Davidson Football, Senior: The 6-foot-3, 195-pound outside linebacker had six tackles, including three tackles for loss, two sacks, one blocked field goal and an interception for a touchdown in a 36-7 victory last Friday over Lake Norman Charter.
Rasmussen has 27 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, eight sacks and three interceptions for Community School of Davidson (4-2) this season.
Edwin Ramirez, West Lincoln Soccer, Senior: The West Lincoln forward had a historic week, scoring five goals to go with two assists in a 10-1 win over Cherryville.
Ramirez also had six goals and an assist in another 10-1 victory last week at Bessemer City.
Ramirez became only the third male soccer play in Lincoln County history to reach the 100-goal milestone, also become the first in West Lincoln school history.
Ramirez has 37 goals and seven assists for West Lincoln (10-6) this season.
Josiah Stein, SouthLake Christian Soccer, Senior: The Eagles’ midfielder had six goals and five assists combined in two games last week, as SouthLake Christian won 9-0 last Thursday at Liberty Prep Christian Academy and 11-0 over Victory Christian on Friday.
Stein, who has 17 goals and 12 assists for SouthLake Christian (5-6) this season, also notched his 100th career points (goals and assists) in his high school career.
Jacob Tysinger, Burns Football, Senior: The 5-foot-11, 172-pound safety had 17 tackles, including two tackles for loss, a sack, and one hurry in a 24-23 victory Friday over Stuart Cramer.
Tysinger has 67 tackles, four tackles for loss, one sack and one interception for Burns (5-2) this season.
Brian Walker, Weddington Football, Senior: The 5-foot-9, 170-pound running back rushed for 181 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries, while also catching two passes for 30 yards and another score in a 42-3 win Friday over Marvin Ridge.
Walker has 866 yards rushing and 14 touchdowns run, while catching 10 passes for 137 yards and a touchdown for Weddington (7-0) this season.
