Kingston's Rienstra, CK's Martinson voted Kitsap Sun athletes of the week
Kingston's Audrey Rienstra and Central Kitsap's JJ Martinson are this week's Kitsap Sun athletes of the week as selected by readers in an online poll between April 15-17. Athletes are nominated by their respective high school coaches.
Rienstra, who plays softball for the Buccaneers, pitched six innings, giving up two runs with nine strikeouts in a 4-1 loss against No. 1 ranked Port Angeles. Of her 84 pitches, 59 were strikes. She led all nominees with 745 votes. Finishing just behind Rienstra was South Kitsap track and field athlete Grace Degarimore.
JJ Martinson, a pitcher for Central Kitsap's baseball team, threw 6 2/3 innings in a 5-0 win against River Ridge, with 13 strikeouts and three hits allowed. He had 295 votes.
Previous winners
April 1-3: South Kitsap's Madi Aaenson, went 5-for-5 with three runs and four RBI in the Wolves' softball wins over Puyallup and Rogers, and Central Kitsap's Joshua Voce, who scored three goals and four assists in wins over River Ridge, Timberline and Capital.
March 25-27: Nevaeh Sullivan, Kingston softball, helped the team go 2-1 by collecting three extra-base hits, including a home run, and eight RBI, and Jeremiah Swain, Olympic boys soccer, Swain, helped the team go 3-0 with two shutouts and 14 aerial battles won.
March 18-20: Ava Day, Central Kitsap softball, went 4-for-4 with a walk, triple, two home runs, three RBI and five runs in Central Kitsap's 15-10 win over Bainbridge, and Keegan Bailey, Central Kitsap boys soccer, scored two goals in Central Kitsap's season-opening 3-1 win against Peninsula.
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