KSEN/K96 – BOZEMAN TROPHY ATHLETE OF THE WEEK HONORS THIS WEEK GO TO THREE LOCAL ATHLETES.   WE HAVE ACTUALLY TWO FEMALE ATHLETE’S OF THE WEEK BUT ONLY BECAUSE THEY ARE INSEPARABLE……..I MEAN YOU CAN’T HAVE A DOUBLES TEAM IN TENNIS WITHOUT TWO PLAYERS AND ESPECIALLY AS GOOD AS THIS DOUBLES TEAM HAS BEEN.    OUR MALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK IS A REPEAT AND MAYBE ONE OF THE BEST ATHLETE’S IN ALL THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE.

            JR. JILLIAN ALTENBURG AND SR. KAYLA KRAFT TEAMED UP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON AND SO FAR HAVE GONE 12-1 IN COMPETITION AND THE ONLY TEAM THEY LOST TO THEY HAVE BEATEN TWICE SINCE.

            CUT BANK TENNIS COACH JIM GREGG SAYS THEY’RE A NATURAL FIT WHICH WAS OBVIOUS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON.  THIS PAST WEEKEND AT THE CUT BANK INVITATIONAL THE DYNAMIC DUO WENT 5-0 IN DUAL MATCHES, ALL AGAINST CLASS A TEAMS.

            GREGG NOTED THAT ALTENBERG AND KRAFT ARE TEAM CAPTAINS AND “VERY GOOD TEAM CAPTAINS,” WHO HELP YOUNGER PLAYERS AND LEAD AS CAPTAINS SHOULD.

            THE KSEN MALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK IS SR. COLIN ALLEN OF FAIRFIELD.     AFTER A DYNAMIC SR. SEASON IN FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL, ALLEN IS FOLLOWING UP WITH A PHENOMENAL TRACK SEASON.     AT THE FAIRFIELD INVITATIONAL IN GREAT FALLS LAST WEEKEND, ALLEN WON THE 100M IN 11.77, THE LONG JUMP AT 19-10 AND AN INCREDIBLE 6-4 IN THE HIGH JUMP.  THAT IS THE SECOND BEST LONG JUMP IN THE STATE RIGHT NOW.   TWO HIGH JUMPERS FROM ………………

HAVE GONE 6-5.

            CUT BANK DOUBLES STANDOUTS KAYLA KRAFT AND JILLIAN ALTENBERG, AND SR. COLIN ALLEN OF FAIRFIELD OUR KSEN/K96—BOZEMAN TROPHY ATHLETE’S OF THE WEEK.   THE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK IS SPONSORED LOCALLY BY McDONALDS IN CUT BANK.  McDONALDS PROVIDES OUR ATHLETES WITH TWO FREE VALUE MEALS EACH.

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