Meet the nominees for Press-Citizen's Athletes of the Week, April 7-13
The Iowa high school tennis season got underway this past week while soccer and track and field also headlined a full week of action.
Here are the nominees for the Iowa City Press-Citizen's high school Athletes of the Week for April 7-13. Press-Citizen.com readers vote to decide this week's winners. Voting closes at 8 p.m. Thursday.
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Athletes are listed in alphabetical order by last name.
Girls
Caitlyn Bell, Jr., Iowa City Regina
Bell helped Regina soccer pick up its second win of the season with a 2-1 victory over Northeast on April 7.
She scored a goal against the Rebels.
Stella Demarest, Soph., Iowa City High
Demarest scored for the first time this season during Iowa City High soccer's 4-4 tie with Solon on April 10.
The second-year Little Hawk scored two goals against the Spartans.
Kate Shafer, Sr., Solon
Shafer earned a pair of top-five finishes at the Williamsburg Co-Ed Invitational on April 8.
The thrower placed second with a personal record in discus (123 feet, nine inches). She placed fourth in the shot put (36 feet, 4.50 inches).
Marie Stier, Sr., Iowa City West
Stier earned a hard-fought singles win during the Iowa City West tennis team's 7-2 win over Dubuque Hempstead on April 8.
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Stier dropped the first set, 4-6, and clinched the second set, 6-3. She then secured the third set (1-0 (10-3)). Stier also earned a doubles victory with teammate Sasha Postnikov.
Erin Quinn, Sr., Iowa City Liberty
Quinn recorded her first varsity goal during Liberty's 3-1 win over North Scott on April 10.
She received a pass from teammate Callie Stanley to score Liberty's second goal of the night.
Boys
Solon senior Caleb Bock is a nominee for boys Athlete of the Week.
Caleb Bock, Sr., Solon
Bock earned a first-place finish for Solon track and field at the Clear Creek Amana boys invitational on April 10.
Bock placed first in the long jump (20 feet, 5.5 inches).
Joey Dains, Sr., Clear Creek Amana
Dains won gold at the Clear Creek Amana boys invitational.
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The fourth-year Clipper placed first in the 200 meters with a time of 22.33.
Harel Gameti, Sr., Iowa City West
Gameti earned a pair of top-three finishes at the Clear Creek Amana boys invitational.
He placed first in the 100 meters (11.22) and third in the 200 meters (22.85).
Bernard Grant, Sr., Iowa City High
Grant earned gold for Iowa City High track and field at the Cedar Falls Co-ed meet on April 10.
He placed first in the high jump with a leap of six feet, two inches.
Collin Weis, Jr., Iowa City Liberty
Weis found the back of the net during Iowa City Liberty soccer's 3-0 shutout over Iowa City West on April 10.
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It was his first goal of the season.
Marc Ray is the high school sports reporter for the Iowa City Press-Citizen. He can be reached at MARay@gannett.com , and on X, formerly Twitter, at @themarcszn.
This article originally appeared on Iowa City Press-Citizen: Vote: Iowa City Press-Citizen's Athletes of the Week, April 7-13
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