St. Thomas' Maddie Karsonovich and Oyster River's Logan Piller are Athletes of the Week
The Seacoast high school Athletes of the Week winners are St. Thomas Aquinas girls soccer player Maddie Karsonovich and Oyster River boys soccer player Logan Piller for the week of Sept. 11-16. The contest is presented by York County Community College.
Karsonovich joins previous fall 2023 winners, Winnacunnet soccer player Maitri Clifford and, Saints' teammate Kate Burrus.
Piller joins previous fall winners, Portsmouth/Oyster River football player Angus Moss and Winnacunnet golfer Jimmy Schouller.
The weekly poll runs Monday through midnight Thursday, and can be found at seacoastonline.com/sports or fosters.com/sports.
More on girls winner Maddie Karsonovich of St. Thomas Aquinas High School
Karsonovich won the online voting with more than 33% of the votes, totaling 210 to capture first place. Portsmouth field hockey freshman Shiloh Weinstein finished second with 157 votes.
Newmarket soccer player Olivia Blackadar (92), Dover volleyball player Aidyn Stone (91) and Exeter field hockey player Dani Caron (84) finished third through fifth, respectively.
Karsonovich scored five goals to lead the Saints to a 7-1 defeat of Bishop Brady in a Division III clash last Tuesday. She added two goals with one assist in the Saints' 6-0 win over White Mountain last Friday.
"Maddie has had an incredibly strong start to the season. She gets a lot of attention from our opponents and is frequently marked by the other team’s most physical defender," St. Thomas Aquinas head coach Patrick Hureau said. "She deals with an extreme amount of contact at times, but is able to power through without complaint. I am probably most proud of her resiliency and mental focus. She often plays the entire game, and her intensity level doesn’t change. Maddie absolutely deserves to be recognized as player of the week. I can’t wait to see what she does as the season progresses."
More on boys winner Logan Piller of Oyster River High School
Piller won the online voting by securing more than 34% of the vote with 148. Marshwood football kicker Brady Isabelle finished second with 102 votes.
Somersworth football player Tayshawn Sheppard (71), Spaulding soccer player Eli Benjamin (64) and Traip Academy soccer player Adrian Cunningham (48) finished third through fifth, respectively.
Piller, who is a key player on a deep Bobcats team, scored the game-winning goal to lift Oyster River to a Division II win, 1-0 at Coe-Brown Northwood last Friday.
"Excellent," Oyster River head coach Akan Ekanem said. "So happy for him, he is a solid goal scorer."
This article originally appeared on Portsmouth Herald: Maddie Karsonovich, Logan Piller are Seacoast Athletes of the Week
