{
  "id": 12186428,
  "title": "Wisco's Dearies Gray and Deacon Vierck voted athletes of the week",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/wiscos-dearies-gray-and-deacon-vierck-voted-athletes-of-the-week",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-05T16:16:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/wiscos-dearies-gray-deacon-vierck-161600696.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Dearies Gray and Deacon Vierck of Wisconsin Lutheran were named the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's high school athletes of the week for the week of September 21-26. The duo dominated a game against Slinger, winning 42-20. In a key performance, the duo combined for 424 rushing yards out of 45 total carries, with Gray scoring an 89-yard touchdown and Vierck adding a 16.6-yard average per carry. Their combined efforts led to five of Wisconsin Lutheran's six touchdowns. Both players garnered a substantial 6,158 votes out of the 11,926 total cast. The runner-up pair from the poll was Franklin girls golf team members Gabi Boisvert and Ava Daniels, who led their team to the Southeast Conference championship with a combined medalist score of 82.",
  "summary": "With nearly 52% of the total votes in last week's poll, a duo from Wisconsin Lutheran's football program combined to win player of the week.",
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        "title": "Wisco's Dearies Gray and Deacon Vierck voted athletes of the week",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/wiscos-dearies-gray-and-deacon-vierck-voted-athletes-of-the-week-12186429",
        "published": "2026-10-05T16:16:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}