Enquirer announces Sept. 25 athlete of the week winners

Editor's note: There was a technical issue with voting this week, which led to multiple winners in some categories because we couldn't discern when the voting issue occurred. See below for this week's winners.

The Enquirer's readers chose the Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Athletes of the Week winners for the 2026-2027 high school sports year for activity through Sept. 20.

Using new polling software, Enquirer/Cincinnati.com readers were able to vote for their favorite high school Athletes of the Week on their desktop, the Cincinnati.com mobile web or Cincinnati.com app as much as they'd like, with a refreshed page.

Winners can email prepsports@enquirer.com to ask for a PDF of their certificate. Once printed, families can take a photo of winners with their certificates for a future gallery.

Here are the athletes they chose among entire slates of great performances.

2026-2027 Enquirer Spirit Award/Beacon athlete of week winners' photos

Ohio small-school football team : Madeira

Northern Kentucky/Indiana football team: Walton-Verona

Boys fall team: Summit Country Day soccer

Girls fall team: Cincinnati Country Day tennis

Ohio boys cross-country: Bryce Fletcher, Roger Bacon

Northern Kentucky/Indiana boys cross-country: Ben Moore, Ryle

Ohio girls cross-country: Melanie Young, Cincinnati Country Day

Northern Kentucky/Indiana girls cross-country: Addison McMillen, Ryle

Field hockey: Kaydance Givens, Indian Hill

Ohio big-school football: Joey Beckett, Talawanda and Garrett Fraley, La Salle

Ohio small-school football: Sam Redlinger, Madeira and Joey Padilla, Fayetteville-Perry

Northern Kentucky/Indiana football : Bently McKinzie, Bishop Brossart

Girls golf: Christina Morris, Middletown Christian

Ohio big-school boys soccer: Sam Kitchen, Lebanon

Ohio small-school boys soccer: Geremy Holloway, Finneytown and Levi Espinoza, Fayetteville-Perry

Northern Kentucky/Indiana boys soccer: Jaxon Cole, East Central and Liam Hensley, Dixie Heights

Ohio big-school girls soccer: Luck Schwieterman, Harrison

Ohio small-school girls soccer: Ansley Rossel, Wyoming

Northern Kentucky/Indiana girls soccer: Aniah Zembrodt, Simon Kenton

Ohio girls tennis singles: Cara Marshall, Lebanon

Ohio girls tennis doubles: Miyala Dunkle-Ella Schwikert, Turpin

Ohio big-school volleyball: Ava Kennedy, Lakota West and Kendall Hubbard, Mount Notre Dame

Ohio small-school volleyball: Marley Schooley, New Richmond

Northern Kentucky/Indiana volleyball: Olivia Borneman, Conner

Boys water polo: Nash Royalty, Walnut Hills