Athletes of the week

(Published during the high school sports season)

(For the week of Dec. 29 through Jan. 4)

Boys

Aiden Dancer (Sr.) Upper Lake High School wrestling

You might think you had a good week, but Upper Lake High School’s Aiden Dancer had a better one. The No. 1 seed at the Lou Bronzan Invitational early in the week at Liberty High School in Brentwood, Dancer won all four of his matches to claim the championship belt for the third time in his high school career. Fast-forward to Friday and Saturday at the 12th annual Joe Rios Memorial in Chico where Dancer, the No. 1 seed again, won all six of his matches to take top honors at 167 pounds and claim the championship belt buckle.

Girls

Rylee Zimmerschied (So.) Upper Lake High School basketball

Rylee Zimmerschied led her team in scoring in all three of its games early in the week at the Holiday Classic in Fort Bragg where the Cougars went 1-2. They suffered their first loss of the season after 11 straight wins against another undefeated team in Windsor, 60-18, with Zimmerschied scoring eight points. She came back with a 19-point effort in a 58-32 win over Mendocino, and Zimmerschied added 12 more points in Upper Lake’s consolation championship game loss to Hayfork, a 47-45 battle.