The Johnnie Brocks Party Store KLPW Radio Athlete of the Week is Madison Lieberoff-Junior Midfielder-St. Francis Borgia Soccer.

#9 Madison scored 4 goals leading Borgia to a 6-0 win over Valley Park in the first round of the district tournament Saturday afternoon.

For the season Lieberoff has scored 14 goals, 2 game winners, to along with 12 assists for 40 points.

Coach Mackenzie Severino-"Madison Lieberoff is a two year captain, our goal leader with 14 and also leads us in assists with 12. For her career, she has 17 goals and 16 assists. Madi is a dedicated leader who wants nothing more than for her team to be successful.”

Check out the interview with Madison Lieberoff here:
Interview with Coach Mackenzie Severino:

The Johnnie Brocks Student Athlete of the Week is Sam Paule-Senior-Washington Baseball.

#2 Shortstop.

Paule hits second in the lineup. Average-.364 On-base .466 Slugging .591 36-runs 23-rbi 4-home runs 9 doubles and 2 triples. 24 stolen bases.

Sam holds the single season hits record at Washington with 41. He also tied Kevin Gratza for the career hits record with 101.

Paule will continue his career at State Fair Community College in Sedalia.

GPA 4.0

The interview with Coach Dane Gough can be found here:
The interview with Sam Paule can be found below:

The Johnnie Brock's Party Store Student/Athlete of the Week is Bryson Pickard Union Track & Field.

Bryson ran 2 seasons of cross country and 3 seasons of track in high school.
In that time, he broke our cross country 5k record and placed to All State honors in cross country (17th—highest place in Union history)

During his 3 season track career, he qualified for the Class 4 State Meet in 8 events and earned All State honors in each of those events, making him one of the most decorated athletes in Union school history

He smashed (not just broke…SMASHED) 4 of Union’s track and field records, all in the 2023 Class 4 State Meet—the 400, 800, 4x400 relay, and 4x800 relay.

He has been a continuous example of hard work and determination to reach his goals.

He will continue his track and academic career at Fontbonne University in St. Louis.

Interview with Union Track & Field coach Sarah Hurt:
The Interview with Bryson Pickard can found below:

The KLPW Johnnie Brock's Party Store Student-Athlete of the Week is Tanner McPherson-Senior-St. Francis Borgia Baseball.
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Tanner plays 3rd Base and bats 3rd in the lineup.
Batting average .400-Highest on the team. On base .500 Slugging .494 with 5 doubles 1 home run and 19 rbi. Tanner also leads the team in hit by pitches with 10.

Tanner is a good defender at 3rd Base. He displayed his talent in the field in the 4th inning of the Class 5 quarterfinal by throwing out a runner on a bunt attempt up the line and then gloving a laser line drive the next batter. At the plate, he was 1 for 3 with a double and a run scored in a 2-0 win over Springfield Glendale.

GPA-3.4

Tanner will play baseball at East Central College in Union. Career Path-Welding.

You can listen to the interview with Tanner McPherson here:
You can listen to the interview with Borgia Baseball coach Rob Struckhoff here: