Olivia Ewers, Garrett Weichers are the Register's Athletes of the Week

Olivia Ewers, Garrett Weichers are the Register's Athletes of the Week

Dallas Center-Grimes girls soccer player Olivia Ewers and Ankeny boys tennis player Garrett Weichers were voted the Des Moines Register's female and male Athlete of the Week winners for the week of April 26-May 2.

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Ewers won female Athlete of the Week with 83% of the vote.

She led Class 2A No. 3 Dallas Center-Grimes to a 3-1 victory over No. 12 Bondurant-Farrar on May 1.

Ewers played a role in all three goals for the Mustangs. She dished out two assists and put one goal into the net herself.

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Weichers earned male Athlete of the Week honors with 67% of the vote.

He picked up a victory in the No. 1 singles match during Ankeny's 9-2 loss to Dowling Catholic on April 30.

Weichers defeated Dowling's Landon Cody in straight sets, 7-5 and 6-0.

Joe Randleman covers high school sports for the Ames Tribune. Contact him atjrandleman@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at@JoeRandleman

This article originally appeared on Ames Tribune:Olivia Ewers, Garrett Weichers earn the Register's AOTW honors

 

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