SUPPZ.COM SWNEWS4U ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Platteville's Gavin Voigts

Platteville senior Gavin Voigts shot a 6-over-par 77 to win medalist honors at Thursday’s SWC Championships at The Oaks Golf Course. (photo by Casey Lindecrantz)

Published: May 24, 2024, 5:04 PM

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Swnews4u.com Athlete of the Week is a web-only feature that will publish each Thursday or Friday throughout the calendar year.

By Jason Nihles, The Platteville Journal, Fennimore Times, Boscobel Dial

Gavin Voigts, Sr., Platteville boys golf
COTTAGE GROVE — The Platteville boys golf team completed its season-long quest to win the Southwest Wisconsin Conference title by winning the SWC Championships Thursday at the Oaks Golf Course in Cottage Grove.

Senior Gavin Voigts shot a fine 6-over-par 77 to earn medalist honors by one stroke of Richland Center’s Roman Johnson (78) and freshman teammate Cole Herbst (80). Voigts and Herbt’s rounds enabled the Hillmen to post a combined 344 to nip runner-up River Valley (350) by six strokes. Senior Keegan Taylor (84) and freshman Glenn Mast (103) rounded out Platteville’s four-man score, and sophomore Jauron Blevins shot a non-counting 106.

The top four scores for each team count toward the final team scores.

The Hillmen earned 12 conference points for Thursday’s victory at the SWC championships, and combined with 34.5 points won at the six regular season nine-hole SWC meets, captured the overall SWC title with 46.5 points. River Valley (38) finished second overall ahead of Richland Center (33.5), Prairie du Chien (19), Dodgeville (16) and Lancaster (14).

“Winning the SWC is a great accomplishment for our team,” said Platteville head coach Brandon Temperly. “Our team set this as one of their goals early on and they went to work. The varsity deserves a lot of the credit, but it could not have been done without the daily culture and work ethic that the team established at practice. I’m very proud of the type of team that this entire group has become. At the conference meet, we knew going in that we had the title within our grasp and the golfers did a great job staying with their mindset of success. Winning the tournament outright while confirming the league title was pretty special.”

Voigts shot a 3-over-par on the 39 and a 3-over-par 38 to win medalist honors. His first-place finish Thursday also earned him a spot on the five-player All-SWC first team, after finishing second in the season-long individual points standings behind Herbst with 227 points.

“Gavin had a great day and was incredibly steady throughout his round,” said Temperly. “The top three golfers in the league can go low at any time and for Gavin to take the medalist honor was special for a senior.

HONORABLE MENTION (in alphabetical order)
Davyn Edge, Sr., Platteville baseball
Edge had a monster day going 2-for-4 with a bases-clearing first-inning triple and a five RBI in last Thursday's 14–3 five-inning victory at Lancaster, which helped Platteville baseball clinch its first conference title since sharing the SWAL 1 crown in 2005. Edge also went 5-for-6 with two doubles, two RBI, three stolen bases and four runs scored in a 19–14 win over River Valley, which began as the second game of a doubleheader last Tuesday and had to finish on Wednesday when Tuesday's finale was suspended due to darkness (and no lights on River Valley baseball field). Edge is now batting .473 (35-for-74) with six doubles, one triple, two homers, a team-high 33 RBI , 29 runs scored, 12 hit by pitch, and a team-high 18 stolen bases for the SWC champion Hillmen (14–8, 7–3 SWC).

Cole Herbst, Fr., Platteville boys golf
Freshman Cole Herbst shot a 9-over-par 90 to help Platteville win the Southwest Wisconsin Conference title by winning the SWC Championships Thursday at the Oaks Golf Course in Cottage Grove. Herbst’s third-place finish at the SWC Championships was enough to win SWC Player of the Year honors as well as first-team All-SWC honors, with a conference-best 231 points. Johnson (225), River Valley’s Gavin Davidson (196.5) and Owen Achenbach (195) finished third, fourth and fifth to earn first-team All-SWC honors.

Macoy Miles, Jr., C/IF, Fennimore baseball
Miles belted a clutch 3-run homer in the bottom of ninth inning to lift the Golden Eagles (12–11, 6–8) to a dramatic 5–2 SWAL win over visiting Mineral Point last Tuesday afternoon. Miles also went 2-for-3 with a triple, and a run scored in last Friday's 13–3 loss to SWAL champion Darlington last Friday before playing the role of extra-inning hero again in Fennimore's WIAA Division 3 regional quarterfinal victory over Onalaska Luther on Thursday. Miles hit a walk-off single to left field in the bottom of the 10th inning to send Fennimore to the second round. He finished the game 3-for-5 with a pair of RBI and is now batting a team-high .362 (34-for-94) with eight doubles, 17 runs, a team-high 20 RBI and eight stolen bases.

Ella Vosberg, Jr., SS, Cuba City softball
In Cuba City's regular season finisher at Southwestern, Ella Vosberg went 3-for-4 with 2 home runs and 3 RBI, with the first one being her first career HR. The win clinched the Cubans (19–2, 12–2 SWAL) the outright SWAL title after at 5–4 win over SWAL co-runner-up Boscobel (15–4, 11–3) just prior to the Southwestern win. Vosgerg went 1-for-3 and scored a run in the Cubans' five-run game-winning rally in the bottom of the sixth in the win over Boscobel. Vosberg also went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a pair of runs in a 6–2 win over Six Rivers West runner-up Highland last Thursday afternoon.

SUPPZ.COM SWNEWS4U ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Cuba City's Olivia Olson

Olson battles back from torn ALC to become Cuba City's all-time leading scorer

Cuba City senior Olivia Olson scores two of her 12 points in Saturday's WIAA D4 sectional final victory over La Crosse Aquinas. Two days earlier, Olson scored 10 points in a sectional semifinal win over Belleville to become the Cuba City girls' all-time leading scorer. - photo by Casey Lindecrantz

Olivia Olson record — Cuba City senior Olivia Olson scores two of her 12 points in Saturday's WIAA D4 sectional final victory over La Crosse Aquinas. Two days earlier, Olson scored 10 points in a sectional semifinal win over Belleville to become the Cuba City girls' all-time leading scorer. - photo by Casey Lindecrantz

Updated: Mar 12, 2025, 9:26 PM

Published: Mar 12, 2025, 9:27 PM

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Swnews4u.com Athlete of the Week is a web-only feature that will publish each Thursday or Friday throughout the calendar year.

By Jason Nihles, The Platteville Journal, Fennimore Times, Boscobel Dial

Olivia Olson, Sr., PG, Cuba City girls basketball
LANCASTER — Cuba City senior standout Olivia Olson has dealt with her fair share of adversity in the past year. She first torn her ACL in her right knee last spring and missed the first 20 games of her team's season this winter.

Then, after relentless rehab to return to the court for the end of her senior season, Olson felt a pop in her surgically repair knee in her first game back — a loss at Dixon (Ill.) on Feb. 13 — and feared the worst. Her — and thousands of Cuba City fans' — fears were relieved when the "pop" was diagnosed as scar tissue from the injury breaking loose.

Last week, Olson helped her Cubans win a Division 4 sectional title and earn a repeat berth to the WIAA D4 Girls Basketball State Tournament, which will begin Thursday at the Resch Center in Green Bay, and in the process became the Cuba City girls' all-time leading scorer.

Olson scored 11 points in last Thursday's 77-46 sectional semifinal victory over No. 3 seed Belleville to move past Jessi Marti’s (Class of 2016) 1,596 career points. Olson accomplished the feat in what has been three years and sevens games this year. The Division 1 UW–Milwaukee recruit added 12 points, six rebounds and four assists in Saturday's 47–43 sectional final victory over #4-ranked La Crosse Aquinas (23–5) Saturday afternoon at Wisconsin Dells High School.

“We’re so happy for Olivia,” said Cuba City head coach Jason Derby. “When you tear an ACL in the offseason, the natural — and usually correct — reaction is that the next season is out of question. The way the timing worked, and the way Olivia worked gave her a chance to return, but it was never a guarantee. For her to break the scoring record with the ACL injury while distributing the ball the way she does makes it all the more impressive. So much hard work has gone into that accomplishment.”

Olson now has 1,614 career points heading into Thursday's D4 State semifinal matchup against No. 1 seed Racine Prairie School (26–2). The No. 4 seed Cubans will face the Hawks at 6:35 p.m Thursday. The other side of the D4 bracket is No. 2 seed St. Mary’s Catholic (25–3) against No. 3 seed Durand-Arkansaw (23–5).

HONORABLE MENTION (in alphabetical order):
Keaton Dempsey, Jr., G, Mineral Point boys basketball
Dempsey had the hot hand Saturday night with a game-high 23 points on 8 of 10 shooting, along with four rebounds and three steals, to lead the #2-ranked Pointers (26–1) to a 83–43 blowout win over Lancaster (18–8) in a WIAA Division 4 regional final. Dempsey had a team-high 20 points and three rebounds a night earlier in a 79–36 regional semifinal win over No. 8 seed Iowa–Grant (8–18).

Aiden Keleher, Jr., G, Southwestern boys basketball
Keleher poured in a game-high 26 points to lead the No. 1 seeded Wildcats (22–5) to a commanding 71–56 victory over No. 4 seed Barneveld (20–7) in a WIAA Division 5 regional final last Saturday night. Keleher had eight points in Friday's regional semifinal win over Shullsburg Friday night and stuffed the stat sheet with 17 points, six rebounds, six steals and four assists in last Tuesday's 86–47 opening round victory over Rio.

Nathan Mumm, Sr., SG, Platteville boys basketball
Mumm made five first-half 3-pointers and finished with 18 points on 6 of 12 from beyond the arc in SWC champion Platteville's 75–56 victory over SWC rival River Valley (14–13) in last Saturday's WIAA Division 3 regional final. Mumm and the No. 1 seed Hillmen (19–7) will face No. 2 Wisconsin Dells (21–5) in a D3 sectional semifinal Thursday night at Richland Center at 7 p.m.

Myron Reuter, So., PG, Platteville boys basketball
Reuter sliced up River Valley's 2–3 zone to the tune of 23 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists in last Saturday's WIAA Division 3 regional final to lead the Hillmen (19–7) to a 75–56 victory. Reuter and the No. 1 seed Hillmen (19–7) will face No. 2 Wisconsin Dells (21–5) in a D3 sectional semifinal Thursday night at Richland Center at 7 p.m.

Dawson Weber, Sr., SF, Potosi boys basketball
Weber erupted for a career-high 34 points on 15 of 19 shooting and grabbed nine rebounds in No. 1 seed Potosi's 85–47 victory over Wonewoc–Center in the opening round of last week's WIAA Division 5 regional playoffs. Last Friday night, he finished with 19 points, six rebounds and five assists in a 74–51 regional semifinal victory over Seneca. Weber ended his career with an 18-point, 7-rebound, 3-assist game in Saturday night's 66–59 regional final loss to No. 4 seed North Crawford (25–2).