DustyBull, Deboo named KSEN Athletes of the Week

LOCAL SPORTS – “ATHLETE OF THE WEEK”

(UNDATED) – KSEN/K96—BOZEMAN TROPHY ATHLETE OF THE WEEK HONORS THIS WEEK GO TO A PLAYER THAT PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN CONRAD'S RUN TO THE STATE B-C SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE BROWNING TRACKSTER WHO KNEW HE SHOULDN'T LOOK BACK BUT DID AND WON ANYWAY.

OUR FEMALE ATHLETE IS CONRAD JR. MIKAYLA DEBOO, THE COWGIRLS CATCHER AND A TOP HITTER DURING THE DIVISIONAL AND STATE TOURNAMENT RUN. WHEN YOU HAVE A PITCHER LIKE FR. TRISTIN ACHENBACH, WHO COACH MICK MORRIS SAYS HAS ABOUT 6 DIFFERENT PITCHES ALL WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT SPIN AND VELOCITY IN THEM YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO CAN CATCH THAT CONSISTENTLY. COACH MORRIS SAYS DEBOO WAS ACTUALLY THE 3^RD CATCHER THEY TRIED TO GET CONSISTENCY FROM.   DEBOO IS PROBABLY THE BEST ATHLETE ON THE TEAM AND WAS BY FAR THE BEST AT HANDLING THAT JOB. MIKAYLA LED THE COWGIRLS IN HITTING WITH A .500 PLUS HITTING AVERAGE, 9 HOME RUNS, 16 DOUBLES, 3 TRIPLES AND 29 RBI’S.   AFTER THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SHE WAS NAMED TO THE CLASS B-C ALL-STATE TEAM ALONG WITH ACHENBACH.

OUR MALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK IS BROWNING JR. EMMETTE DUSTYBULL WHO IN HIS FIRST YEAR RUNNING THE 800-M DASH, HE WON THE STATE A CHAMPIONSHIP.    IT WAS A DRAMATIC EVENT IN WHICH HE TOOK A BIG LEAD AT THE HALFWAY MARK AND THEN HAD TO USE EVERY OUNCE OF STRENGTH TO FINISH IT OFF.  HE TOLD US AFTER THE RACE THAT HIS COACH RAY CROFF HAD TOLD HIM “DON’T LOOK BACK, AT THIS LEVEL, BUT HE COULDN’T HELP HIMSELF AND IT CAUSED HIM TO TRIP A LITTLE RIGHT AT THE FINISH LINE BUT HE STILL WAS THE FIRST ONE ACROSS.   DUSTYBULL CAME BACK SATURDAY AND RACED TO A 5TH PLACE FINISH IN THE 1600M, SCORING ALL OF BROWNING'S 12 POINTS IN THE STATE A MEET.