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Monroe Times Athletes of the Week: Feb. 27-March 5
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Visit the Sports page on www.themonroetimes.com to register your vote. Information on the athletes will be made available in an online sports story. Votes can be made by clicking on the side bar poll. If you would like to vote for more than one athlete, e-mail Adam Krebs at sportseditor@themonroetimes.com with your picks. Be sure to include both your first and last name, as well as your hometown. Voting will end Wednesday, March 2 at 5 p.m. and results will be published Thursday, March 3.

Monroe

Michael Barrett, Boys Basketball: The senior guard scored 30 points in Monroe's comeback win over McFarland in the regional semifinals March 4. The next night Barrett scored 13 points and nearly dropped in the game-tying jumpshot at the buzzer in a regional final loss to DeForest.

Bryan Tordoff, Boys Basketball: The senior scored 15 points in Monroe's comeback win over McFarland in the regional semifinals March 4. The next night Tordoff scored a game-high 22 points, which included four second half 3-pointers, in the Cheesemakers' regional final loss to DeForest.

Kyleigh Sellnow, Girls Basketball: The senior guard scored 16 points in a non-conference win over Sauk Prairie on Feb. 28 and added another 16 points in the Cheesemakers' regular season finale loss to Stoughton.

Area Boys

Tyler Ritschard, Monticello Basketball: Scored 18 points in the playoff opener against Albany March 1; had 14 points in a regional semifinal win over Juda March 4; poured in 24 points in the regional final loss to Barneveld March 5.

Joey Jordan, Juda Basketball: Scored 20 points against Argyle in the playoff opener March 1 and had another team-high 12 points in the Panthers' loss to Monticello March 4.

J.J. Panoske, Brodhead Basketball: Scored 11 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter of the Cardinals' playoff win over Beloit Turner March 4. The UW-Milwaukee recruit then scored 28 points in the regional final loss to Clinton the next night.

Area Girls

Ellen Kiser, Juda Basketball: Had a double-double of 19 points and 11 rebounds in the Panthers' win over Albany March 3.

Cassidy Chambers, Darlington Basketball: Scored a game-high 19 points to lead the Redbirds to a 71-64 win over Southwestern on March 3.

Alisha Esselstein, Pecatonica Basketball: Scored a game-high 26 points and made the game-winning layup with five seconds left as the Vikings beat Monticello March 3. Esselstein also had five rebounds and four steals in the 58-56 win.