MMSD Winter Season Athletics Update

Winter sports have come to an end and the spring weather has welcomed our track & field, softball, and baseball teams already, with girls soccer, boys tennis, and boys golf just around the corner. Take a look back at some of the highlights from our winter student-athletes who earned recognition this season.

All-Conference 1st Team Big 8 Selections:

Girls Basketball

• DaJianna Hayes and Alayna West, La Follette High
• Valerie Richardson, East High
• Princess Nwachukwu, Vel Phillips Memorial 
• Defensive Player of the Year: Princess Nwachukwu, Vel Phillips Memorial 
• Coach of the Year: Marques Flowers, Vel Phillips Memorial 

Boys Basketball

• Camron Henderson, East High
• Mike Wilson, West High

Boys Hockey

• Riley Boyle and Caden Feinstein, Vel Phillips Memorial 
• Will McDonald and Quinn Smith, West High
• Player of the Year: Caden Feinstein, Vel Phillips Memorial 

Boys Swim State Medalists

• Vel Phillips Memorial, State Runner Up
  • AJ Beard, 5th place in diving
  • Alex Heinrich, 3rd place in 200 freestyle, 5th in 500 freestyle
  • 400 free relay, 3rd place: Matthew Golden, Etienne Dolezal, Max Drake, and Alex Heinrich 
  • 200 free relay, 4th place: Sam Giese, Etienne Dolezal, Ben Dankert, and Alex Heinrich 
• West High
  • Abram Mueller, 1st place in 100 butterfly 
  • 200 free relay, 6th place: Abram Mueller, Cole Johnson, Isaac Mozena, and John Anderson 

Wrestling State Medalist

• Damiano Cappellini, 3rd place

Congrats to all of our athletes on a great season! We are looking forward to a successful spring. You can find all of our schedules at big8conference.net with live updates as the spring weather may impact schedules.