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  "id": 12186429,
  "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",
  "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-161600074.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Dearies Gray and Deacon Vierck of Wisconsin Lutheran football were named Milwaukee Journal Sentinel high school athletes of the week for the week of September 21-26. Wisconsin Lutheran's powerful run game, led by Gray and Vierck, secured a 42-20 victory over Slinger on September 25 with an impressive 522 total rushing yards. The duo combined for 424 rushing yards and scored all six of the team's touchdowns in the game. Gray recorded 16 yards per carry, while Vierck averaged 16.6 yards per carry. Each player scored an 80-yard touchdown, with Gray adding an 89-yard touchdown to give Wisconsin Lutheran a 14-7 halftime lead. Together, Gray and Vierck received a significant 6,158 votes out of the 11,926 total votes cast. Runner-up honors went to Franklin girls golf's Gabi Boisvert and Ava Daniels, who led their team to a Southeast Conference team championship by 31 strokes at Rivermoor Golf Club. Other nominees included Cole McCoy from Sussex Hamilton boys volleyball, Reagan Cloninger from Kettle Moraine girls golf, and Zoe Gryniewicz and Addison Roesch from Divine Savior Holy Angels girls golf.",
  "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",
        "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."
}