By By ERIKA PICKLES / Niles Daily Star
NILES - Niles' Samantha Brawley and Brandywine's Matt Beaver, Kyle Low and Matt Wieger have been chosen as the Niles Daily Star Athletes of the Week for Oct. 24-29.
Brawley, a sophomore on the Vikings cross country team, finished 10th overall on Oct. 29 in the Division 2 meet held at Portage West Middle School with a time of 20:07
The finish earned Brawley another ticket to this year's state cross country fnals, making her the lone state finalist from her team agian this year.
Although the Bobcat's entire soccer team contributed to their win against Bridgman on Oct. 26, Beaver, Low and Wieger shined and contributed many needed plays in order for Brandywine to advance to the district final game.
Wieger assisted Beaver on the first goal of the game against the Bees in the first half when he chipped the ball to Beaver, who slipped between two defenders and slid a left footed shot past the goalie.
In the second half, it was Beaver who took a free kick and placed it just over the Bridgman defense to Wieger, who dove and headed the ball on goal, The Bees' goalie got a piece of the ball, but it rolled to Low, who buried it in the back of the net bringing to score to 2-0.
Congratulations to all of this weeks Athletes of the Week!
The Niles Daily Star accepts nominations for Athletes of the Week from coaches and Athletic Directors. More than one boy and girl can be nominated in one week and the same athlete may be nominated more than once in the same season.
For questions about the award or to make a nomination, please contact the sports department at 687-7703 or send an e-mail to erika.pickles@leaderpub.com