Queen City Sports Report's Girls' Athletes of the Week
Here are the Queen City Sports Report’s Girls’ Athletes of the Week. Athletes must be nominated by coaches and must be from the QC Sports Report’s coverage area – Mecklenburg, Union, Anson, Stanly, Cabarrus, Iredell, Lincoln, Gaston and Cleveland counties.
Jurnee Caul, West Charlotte Girls’ Tennis, Freshman: The Lions’ young standout helped West Charlotte stay unbeaten at 8-0, leading the squad to a 5-4 victory last Monday at Mallard Creek, and a 9-0 win Thursday over North Mecklenburg.
Caul won 6-0, 6-1 in both her No. 3 singles matches last week, while winning 8-2 at No. 2 doubles against Mallard Creek and 8-0 at No. 2 doubles versus North Mecklenburg.
Caul is 8-0 in both singles and doubles’ play for West Charlotte this season.
Berkley Hemingway, Myers Park Field Hockey, Senior: Hemingway scored a goal last Wednesday in 4-0 win at Ardrey Kell. Myers Park (13-4) also lost 1-0 at Providence Day last Tuesday, and won 4-0 Thursday over Covenant Day.
Hemingway, who has led the Myers Park defense to seven shutouts, also has three goals and six assists for the Mustangs this season.
Hemingway is a Sewanee commit.
Claire Page, Providence Cross Country, Senior: Page ran a 19:09.83 to finish third overall Saturday in the Girls’ Red Division at the Wendy’s Invitational at McAlpine Creek Park.
Page’s run also helped the Providence girls’ cross country team to a victory in the same race.
Alianna Phifer, Concord Girls’ Flag Football, Freshman: The 5-9 defensive back had six sacks and 19 quarterback hurries last Monday in a 8-0 win over previously unbeaten Jay M. Robinson.
Concord (2-3) also lost 7-6 to Salisbury the same day.
Jocelyn Pradas, Hough Girls’ Flag Football, Junior: The Huskies’ receiver/defensive back had one catch for 65 yards and a touchdown to go with a 20-yard interception return for another score in a 34-0 victory last Monday at Garinger.
Pradas also had four catches for 72 yards and three interceptions, including a pick-six, in a 30-6 win at South Mecklenburg last Wednesday.
Hough is 3-1 overall this season.
Kylie Richardson, Mallard Creek Volleyball, Sophomore: The Mavericks’ setter had 34 assists, 11 aces, nine digs and four kills in two matches combined, as Mallard Creek won 3-0 last Tuesday over West Charlotte, then lost 3-1 at Independence on Thursday.
Richardson has 226 assists, 146 digs, 38 aces, 32 kills and 10 blocks for Mallard Creek (9-17) this season.
Charlie Thompson, Providence Day Field Hockey, Senior: The Chargers’ midfielder scored the lone and game-winning goal last Tuesday in a 1-0 victory over Myers Park.
Thompson also was chosen as player of the game in a 1-0 win Thursday over Weddington. Thompson finished off the week with the game-winning assist in a 1-0, overtime victory Friday at Forsyth Country Day.
Thompson, a Christopher Newport University (VA) commit, has seven goals and six assists for Providence Day (14-4) this season.
Seehe Veera, Lake Norman Charter Girls’ Golf, Junior: Veera shot a 3-under-par 33, with three birdies, and earned medalist honors last Monday in a Catawba Shores 2A/3A/4A conference match at the Tradition Golf Club. Her round helped lead Lake Norman Charter to a team victory.
The next day, Veera shot a 4-over 76, to finish tied for 15th at the HV3 Invitational at Gaston Country Club.
Mollie Wells, Ardrey Kell Girls’ Cross Country, Sophomore: Wells ran a personal-best 18:44.70 to finish in 58th place in a 317-runner COROS Race of Champions’ field Saturday at the Great American Cross Country Festival at WakeMed Park in Cary.
Wells’ run also helped the Ardrey Kell girls’ team to a 34th-place finish at the same event.
Holland Wilkins, Charlotte Country Day Field Hockey, Senior: The Buccaneers’ midfielder scored a goal and had an assist last Tuesday in 4-3 loss to Chapel Hill.
Wilkins also had a goal and an assist Thursday in a 3-2 win over Charlotte Latin.
Wilkins, a Harvard University commit, has 24 goals and 12 assists for Charlotte Country Day (11-4) this season.
