Stark County High School Athlete of the Week | Gianna Ritchie, Preston Dazey win the vote

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Here's who won the Stark County Athlete of the Week, which honors a county boy and girl high school athlete throughout the school year.

Athletes from Lake Center Christian and Perry high schools won the voting for the Stark County High School Athlete of the Week.

Gianna Ritchie of Lake Center is the girls winner and Preston Dazey of Perry wins for the boys. Ritchie, who runs indoor track, received 50.67% of the votes cast. Dazey, a basketball player, received 53.32% of the votes cast.

A total of 79,634 votes were cast overall.

Look for more on each athlete below. Stark County High School Athlete of the Week returns to CantonRep.com next Tuesday.

Gianna Ritchie, Lake Center Christian track and field

Won the Division IV state title in the girls 800 meters in 2:17.51 at the OATCCC indoor state meet held recently at Spire Academy in Geneva.

Preston Dazey, Perry basketball

Scored 18 points and helped Perry dominate the glass in a 66-63 win over North Royalton in a Division II state semifinal, sending the Panthers to the state championship game Friday.

Stark County High School Athlete of the Week

A look at the 2024-25 Stark County High School Athlete of the Week winners

Date - girls winner | boys winner
Sept. 6 - Mia Steigerwald, East Canton golf | Camron Carl, Fairless football
Sept. 13 - Kailyn Beichler, Tuslaw soccer | Chase Badger, Northwest football
Sept. 20 - Addison Hamm, GlenOak soccer | Kyson Walker, Perry football
Sept. 27 - Mikayla Yockey, volleyball | Ja'dyn Williams, Massillon football
Oct. 4 - Hailey Conrad, Tuslaw volleyball | Daniel Gambone, Hoover golf
Oct. 11 - Kate Ison, Minerva cross country | Jalen Slaughter, Massillon football
Oct. 18 - Kyleigh Lippencott, Minerva soccer | Ja'Meir Gamble, Massillon football
Oct. 25 - Lilly Samaco, Fairless volleyball | Javi'ion McClendon, GlenOak football
Nov. 1 - Payton Allan, Louisville soccer | Cam Dougherty, Louisville football
Nov. 8 - Daniela Scheffler, Lake cross country | Parker Kraft, Northwest football
Nov. 15 - Layne Graffice, Marlington volleyball | Vito McConnell, Massillon football
Nov. 22 - Irelyn Johnson, Marlington cross country | Tyler Hackenbracht, Massillon football
Nov. 30 - Maddie Lepley, Jackson basketball | Landon Geisey, Louisville bowling
Dec. 6 - Clara Snavely, Fairless basketball | Landon Jones, Minerva bowling
Dec. 13 - Kendall Lower, Northwest basketball | JR Jackson, Alliance basketball
Dec. 20 - Breanna McCabe, Tuslaw basketball | Jonathan Waggoner, McKinley bowling
Dec. 27 - Lila Kleve, Perry basketball | Owen Frazier, Minerva bowling
Jan. 4 - Avery Horning, Alliance wrestling | Owen McCroskey, East Canton basketball
Jan. 10 - Kyleigh Lippincott, Minerva basketball | Tristan Pennington, Northwest basketball
Jan. 17 - Aubrey Fisher, Hoover basketball | Isaiah Fontes, Hoover wrestling
Jan. 24 - Miley Gross, Alliance wrestling | Chris Knight, Massillon basketball
Jan. 31 - Bailee Pietz, Marlington basketball | Brayden Peresie, Hoover swimming
Feb. 7 - Madison Lint, East Canton bowling | Marshall Geckler, Perry wrestling
Feb. 14 - Sophie Baker, Perry swimming | Mason Lewis, Hoover swimming
Feb. 21 - Chelsea Barnett, East Canton basketball | Brayden Gross, Louisville basketball
Feb. 28 - Summer Hastings-Peterson, Canton South basketball | Eli Nave, Perry bowling
March 7 - Dorina Hastings-Peterson, Canton South basketball | Reed Sims Jr., McKinley basketball
March 14 - Arielle Clapper, Perry bowling | Luke Wolf, Perry basketball

Editor's note: Winners of the Stark County Athlete of the Week in the winter are not eligible to win again until spring.

This article originally appeared on The Repository: Preston Dazey, Gianna Ritchie win Stark Athlete of Week March 21

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Gianna Ritchie, Lake Center Christian track and field

Preston Dazey, Perry basketball

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