Athletes of the week

(Published during the high school sports season)

(For the week of Jan. 26 through Feb. 1)

Boys

Kelseyville High School wrestling team

The Kelseyville High School wrestling team won three of its four matches to claim third place in the North Coast Section Team Dual Championships Saturday at Lower Lake High School. The Knights, despite give up 18 forfeit points in each of their four matches, still managed to come away with a section third-place banner as well as individual third-place medals. Cody Holmes, Cash Cole, Logun Whittle, John Carr, Andrew Souza and Kai Ward all went undefeated on the day for the Knights and head coach Shane Carl. While the Knights have several talented female wrestlers, the Team Dual Championships were limited to male wrestlers.

Girls

Aimee Schaefers (Sr.) Upper Lake High School basketball

The Upper Lake Cougars opened North Central League I play with three straight wins, then lost four in a row before answering with another three-game winning streak, including a pair of victories last week against Clear Lake and Cloverdale. In a 56-36 road win over Clear Lake, Upper Lake’s center was one of two Cougars with double-doubles as she finished with 12 points and 16 rebounds. Later in the week in a home game against Cloverdale, Schaefers came back with another double-double, this time 15 points and 14 rebounds, in a 56-47 victory. She also had two assists and two blocks.