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Vote: Des Moines Register Iowa Ortho Athletes of the Week for Jan. 8-14

joe randleman, des moines register
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This past week of Iowa high school sports was severely limited due to two major winter storms postponing and cancelling athletic activities for most of the week.

Several of those events will be made up over the next month as teams begin their final push toward the postseason.

Even with a limited number of athletic events taking place last week, there were still some outstanding team and individual performances in high school girls and boys basketball and wrestling along with boys swimming.

Here are the Iowa Ortho female and male Athlete of the Week candidates for the week of Jan. 8-14. Register readers vote to determine the winners, who will be announced at the end of the week.

Girls

Carlisle guard Macy Comito, pictured here in a game against North Polk last year, went for 36 points during the Wildcat girls basketball team's 73-71 victory over Gilbert Jan. 11 at Gilbert.
Carlisle guard Macy Comito, pictured here in a game against North Polk last year, went for 36 points during the Wildcat girls basketball team's 73-71 victory over Gilbert Jan. 11 at Gilbert.

Macy Comito, Carlisle

Comito had a huge night to lift the Class 4A No. 12 Carlisle girls basketball team past No. 15 Gilbert in a 73-71 thriller Jan. 11 at Gilbert.

Comito scored 36 points after making 13 of 23 field goals, including three 3-pointers, and 7 of 9 free throws. She also had six assists, five rebounds and four steals.

Kadence Huck, Nashua-Plainfield

Huck lit up the nets for the Nashua-Plainfield girls basketball team during a 72-31 victory over Postville Jan. 11 at Postville.

Huck scored 34 points on an outstanding 15 of 20 shooting night from the field. She added six rebounds and three assists and had a big game on defense with 10 steals.

Sarah Burton, Highland

Burton was a force on the boards for the Highland girls basketball team during a 47-38 victory over Hillcrest Academy Jan. 11 at Riverside.

Burton pulled down 22 rebounds and she scored 25 points to help the Huskies pull off the victory. Burton added seven blocks, six steals and four assists in a fantastic all-around performance.

Elysionna Westerfield, Cedar Rapids Washington

Westerfield went off for the Cedar Rapids Washington girls basketball team during a 77-37 rout of Dubuque Senior Jan. 11 at Cedar Rapids.

The Warrior freshman scored 30 points after making 12 of 15 field goals, including 3 of 5 3-pointers. She tacked on three steals and two assists.

Naomi Simon, Decorah

Simon went 33-0 on the season for the Decorah girls wrestling team with a victory by fall during a 60-24 dual victory over Crestwood Jan. 11 at Crestwood.

Simon pinned Crestwood's Rose Niewoehner in one minute, 23 seconds at 190 pounds.

Boys

Johnston's Jacob Helgeson is declared the winner over his Waukee Northwest opponent Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, at Waukee NW.
Johnston's Jacob Helgeson is declared the winner over his Waukee Northwest opponent Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, at Waukee NW.

Jacob Helgeson, Johnston

Helgeson went to 22-1 on the season at 165 pounds for the Johnston boys wrestling team during a 60-3 dual victory over Waukee Jan. 11 at Johnston.

Helgeson pinned Waukee's Westley Anderson in 3:53.

Broedy Hendricks, Humboldt

Hendricks went to 25-2 at 165 for the Humboldt boys wrestling team after scoring a pair of falls in a double-dual against Webster City and Iowa Falls-Alden Jan. 11 at Webster City.

Hendricks pinned Webster City's Luke Estlund in 1:31 to help the Bulldogs edge the Lynx, 36-28. He scored a fall over IFA's Will Henle in 2:50 during a 62-9 victory over the Cadets.

Eric Ding, Davenport West

Ding won the 200-yard freestyle race for the Davenport West boys swimming team in a 114-53 loss to Davenport Central on Jan. 11.

Ding, who has the best 100 breaststroke time in the state, won the 200 freestyle Jan. 11 with a time of 1:45.65. He won the race by 8.8 seconds.

Hunter Horn, Fort Dodge St. Edmond

Horn was a big force in the paint for the St. Edmond boys basketball team during a 71-53 victory over Manson-Northwest Webster Jan. 11 at Fort Dodge.

Horn posted a double-double with 32 points and 17 rebounds. He made 15 of 21 field goals and tacked on one steal.

Carter Lightfoot, MFL MarMac

Lightfoot had a successful night running the MFL MarMac offense during a 76-51 Bulldog victory over Waukon in boys basketball Jan. 8 at Monona.

Lightfoot dished out 11 assists during the win. He added nine points, eight rebounds and five steals.

The Des Moines Register's Athlete of the Week is underwritten by Iowa Ortho, which is not involved in the writing or editing of this story.

Joe Randleman covers high school sports for the Ames Tribune. Contact him at jrandleman@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @JoeRandleman

This article originally appeared on Ames Tribune: Vote: Des Moines Register Athletes of the Week for Jan. 8-14