{
  "id": 7526936,
  "title": "Choose from eight nominees for Cellcom Post-Crescent athlete of the week",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/choose-from-eight-nominees-for-cellcom-post-crescent-athlete-of-the",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-15T10:08:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/choose-eight-nominees-cellcom-post-100818298.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Last week, the Cellcom Post-Crescent held a poll to determine the area's top high school athlete. Muhammad Jobe of Kaukauna football won with 809 votes out of 1,929 total. Eight nominees have been announced for the next week's athlete of the week. Josh Batten, a junior football player from New London, led his team to a 42-41 victory against Shawano with impressive stats - 175 passing yards, three touchdowns, 166 rushing yards, and three more touchdowns. Braden Clarke, a junior boys cross-country runner from New London, won the Chilton Tiger Invitational and the Steve Stomberg Invitational. Rose Kendall, a junior girls volleyball player from Xavier, dominated in the Kettle Moraine Lutheran Invite with 32 kills, 12 digs, 11 blocks, and two aces. Kolton Fleege, a senior boys soccer player from Neenah, scored both goals in a 2-1 nonconference win over Sussex Hamilton. Seniors Noah Rindt from Hortonville and Keonte Thigpen from Menasha had outstanding performances in their nonconference victories. Rosie and Nomie Whitlinger, both seniors from Appleton North girls tennis, had a perfect 5-0 week, securing 16 wins this season.",
  "summary": "New London's Batten and Clarke, Xavier's Kendall, Neenah's Fleege, Hortonville's Rindt, Menasha's Thigpen and Appleton North's Whitlingers are nominated.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}