Athletes of the week

(Published during the high school sports season)

(For the week of April 20 through April 26)

Boys

Sawyer Smith (Sr.) Clear Lake High School baseball

Clear Lake’s Sawyer Smith came up in big during both of the Cardinals’ 12-2 league wins against the Kelseyville Knights this past week. In the first meeting between the two archrivals, Sawyer went 3-for-3 with a walk and two home runs, one of them a grand slam, and six RBIs at Lloyd Larson Field in Kelseyville. In the second meeting at Lakeport, Smith pitched a four-hitter and struck out 13 to earn the win. He also continued his assault on the Knights at the plate, going 2-for-3 with three more RBIs.

Girls

Madison Byrne (Fr.) Kelseyville High School softball

Madison Byrne has the breakout game of her freshman year for the Kelseyville Knights in an 11-4 road win against the Middletown Mustangs. The freshman pitcher not only threw a complete game for the victory, but she went 3-for-3 at the plate with a triple, two-run home run and grand slam, driving in seven runs in all.