MarshfieldAreaSports.com
It is time to vote for the Schierl Tire and Auto Service High School Athlete of the Month for February.
MarshfieldAreaSports.com and Zaleski Sports serve as co-sponsors of the award, which is in its 12th year.
Varsity athletes from the following high schools are eligible to be nominated for the award, which will be given out monthly from September 2024 through June 2025: Abbotsford, Assumption, Auburndale, Colby, Columbus Catholic, Edgar, Granton, Greenwood, Loyal, Marathon, Marshfield, Mosinee, Neillsville, Pacelli, Pittsville, Port Edwards, Spencer, Stratford, Stevens Point and Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln.
Online voting will take place from 4 p.m. Monday, March 3, through 4 p.m. Sunday, March 9, at MarshfieldAreaSports.com. The winner of the February Athlete of the Month will be announced on March 10 and will be presented an award. Voting is limited to one vote per day, resetting each day.
The winners of the Schierl Tire Boys and Girls Athlete of the Year will be announced in early July.
Winners of the Athlete of the Month awards are ineligible to be nominated again during that particular sports season.
All decisions regarding voting and nominations made by MarshfieldAreaSports.com and Zaleski Sports are final.
The WIAA state individual wrestling tournament overlapped the end of February and the start of March, so athletes involved were considered for the February award.
Past winners of the award during the 2024-25 school year are: Abbotsford football player Christian Fuentes (September), Stratford volleyball player Kalyn Schueller (October), Marshfield girls basketball player Zaida Kolbeck (November), Spencer boys basketball player Sam Bezlyk (December) and Auburndale girls basketball player Myah Katzenberger (January).
The nominees for the February award are:
*Ava Gardner, Marshfield wrestling. Gardner, a senior, won her second-straight girls wrestling state title at the 2025 WIAA State Individual Wrestling Tournament in Madison. Gardner, who won the 100-pound championship last year, took the 107-pound crown with a 14-0 major decision over Lily Baker of Freedom, finishing the season with a 37-2 record.
*Tanner Gormanson, Wisconsin Rapids wrestling. Gormanson, a senior, won the Division 1 285-pound title at the 2025 WIAA State Individual Wrestling Tournament in Madison. Gormanson defeated Makhi Rodgers of Brown Deer/Messmer/Shorewood 10-4 in the championship match to finish his season 45-3. He also won the Wisconsin Valley Conference title helping the Raiders to the conference championship.
*Carter Lueck, Stratford wrestling. Lueck capped off his career with a 7-4 win over William Becker of Pardeeville to claim the Division 3 190-pound championship at the 2025 WIAA State Individual Wrestling Tournament in Madison. Lueck finished the season with a 48-1 record.
*Anna Schooley, Assumption girls basketball. Schooley hit for 16 or more points six times in February, helping the Royals win the Marawood Conference South Division title and a berth in the WIAA sectionals. The senior had 24 points in a one-point win over Neillsville on Feb. 3, and had 21 points in wins over Shullsburg on Feb. 8 and Stratford on Feb. 20, when Schooley surpassed the 1,200-point mark for her career.
*Blake Underwood, Marathon wrestling. Underwood completed an undefeated season, winning the Division 3 113-pound title at the 2025 WIAA State Individual Wrestling Tournament in Madison. Underwood, a junior, defeated Parker Spierings of Brillion 5-2 in the championship match.
*Colton Weiler, Auburndale wrestling. Weiler finished off a dominating season with a state championship, taking the Division 3 150-pound title at the 2025 WIAA State Individual Wrestling Tournament in Madison. Weiler finished a perfect 57-0 this season with a 17-1 technical fall victory over Collin Hamm of Weyauwega-Fremont in the championship match.
*Jaedyn Zdroik, Pacelli girls basketball. Zdroik, a sophomore, is the leading scorer and rebounder for the Central Wisconsin Conference South Division champion Cardinals, averaging 14.2 points and 8.8 rebounds per game. Zdroik had 25 points and 11 rebounds in Pacelli’s conference-title clinching win over Pittsville on Feb. 20 and scored in double figures in all but one game in February, helping the Cardinals advance to the WIAA Division 5 sectionals.