Enquirer names Cincinnati high school athletes of the week for Feb. 6

In a vote that ended Feb. 6, Cincinnati.com readers selected the 2025-2026 Cincinnati Enquirer/Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Athletes of the Week from high school sports action through Feb. 1.

Winners can print their certificates from this week starting Monday and other weeks now using this Drop Box link. Send a photo of the winners with their certificates for our photo gallery.

Here are this week's winners.

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Ohio big-school boys basketball team:La Salle – La Salle picked up two wins last week, knocking off Moeller at the buzzer and handling Chaminade Julienne.

Ohio small-school boys basketball team:Ross – Ross picked up three wins last week, beating Taylor, Franklin and Western Brown.

Northern Kentucky/Indiana boys basketball team:Holy Cross – Holy Cross edged out Dixie Heights on the road, winning 54-51.

Ohio big-school girls basketball team:Mercy McAuley – Mercy McAuley cruised to a 55-33 road win at Roger Bacon.

Ohio small-school girls basketball team:Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy – CHCA doubled up Cincinnati Country Day and outlasted Harrison to continue a three-game winning streak.

Northern Kentucky/Indiana girls basketball team:Holy Cross – Holy Cross won the Kentucky All “A” state championship, its third title in four years, with wins over Lexington Christian and Owensboro Catholic.

Boys winter team: Ross bowling – The Rams are 14-1 with three-straight wins after beating Lakota West 2,501-2,371 on Jan. 29.

Girls winter team:Oak Hills bowling – Oak Hills handed Taylor its second loss of the season on Jan. 28, beating the Jackets 2,234-2,070.

Ohio big-school boys basketball:Brendan Kamstra, Elder – He had 20 points, including five 3-pointers, in a 49-41 win over Taylor.

Ohio small-school boys basketball: Logan Cole, Felicity-Franklin – He had 21 points, including five 3-pointers, in a 67-63 overtime win over Blanchester.

Northern Kentucky/Indiana boys basketball:Gage Grider, Ludlow – He had 25 points, including seven 3-pointers, in a 65-56 win over Ludlow.

Ohio big-school girls basketball:Ava Simpson, Mount Notre Dame – The sophomore had a career-high 23 points on 5-of-10 shooting from 3-point range in a win over Bishop Hartley.

Ohio small-school girls basketball:Tatum Strange, Blanchester – She had 20 points, seven rebounds and two steals off the bench in a win over Felicity-Franklin.

Northern Kentucky/Indiana girls basketball:Noelle Price, Scott – The sophomore continued a torrid scoring run, pouring in 36 points on 50 percent shooting against Bishop Brossart.

Boys big-school bowling:Kian Bronner, Loveland – He rolled a 237 and a 217 against West Clermont.

Boys small-school bowling:Bryton Vaughn, Talawanda – He had games of 226 and 193 in a loss to Monroe.

Girls big-school bowling:Chloe Sears, West Clermont – She had games of 215 and 151 in a win over Loveland.

Girls small-school bowling:Alena Mil, Deer Park – She had games of 168 and 146 in a win over Indian Hill.

Northern Kentucky boys archer: Quinn Schulte, Covington Latin – He shot a 282 to finish sixth in the boys division at the St. Henry tournament.

Northern Kentuckygirls archer: Addison Alloway, Scott – She shot a 278 to tie for first in the girls division of the Cooper tournament.

Ice hockey player: Caleb Halderman, Mason – The senior scored a pair of goals this past weekend and has now scored 24 goals over his last 13 games.

Ohio boys swimming/diving:Chase Muszynski, Sycamore – He improved his 200-yard individual medley time to take second place in 2:00.38 and took third place in the 100-yard backstroke in 54.04 seconds at the Greater Miami Conference championships.

Northern Kentucky/Indiana boysswimming/diving: Barrett Dirst, Holy Cross – He improved his 100-yard backstroke time to take second place in 54.07 seconds at the Region Seven championships. He also improved his 500-yard freestyle time, touching the wall in 4:54.58.

Ohio girls swimming/diving:Grayson Ozia, Ross – She took second place in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:15.66 and improved her 500-yard freestyle to take third place in 5:44.44 at the Southwestern Buckeye League championships.

Northern Kentucky/Indiana girls swimming/diving: Abby Carnes, Notre Dame – She won the 100-yard backstroke with an improved time of 56.74 seconds, took second place in the 200-yard individual medley with an improved time of 2:06.84 and swam on two winning relays at the Region Seven championships.

Ohio boys wrestling:Carter Callahan, Moeller – The freshman was the 150-pound winner at the Milford Invitational, getting a pin and two tech falls.

Northern Kentucky/Indiana boys wrestling:Keegan Bishop, Covington Catholic – Bishop was the Milford Invitational’s 175-pound winner, going 5-0 with five pins all under two minutes.

Ohio girls wrestling:Ava Paytes, Clinton-Massie – At the North College Hill Invite, Paytes pinned both opponents to win the 105-pound pool.

Northern Kentucky/Indiana girls wrestling: Riece Laughlin, Simon Kenton – At North College Hill, she won the 115-pound class with four pins, including one in 24 seconds in the finals.

If you win, what's next?

The Enquirer will no longer mail certificates to schools after getting feedback that families weren't receiving them. Alex Harrison will make digital copies of all certificates available to families by 8 a.m. the Monday after the Friday win. Families will access the PDFs through this public Dropbox link.

Once printed, families can email a photo to [email protected].

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