Kearney's Casey Rooney voted SBLive’s Missouri High School Athlete of the Week (12/4/2023)
Congratulations to Kearney football player Casey Rooney, who was voted the SBLive Missouri High School Athlete of the Week for Nov. 20-26.
He received 17,884 votes, which were more than 39 percent of the total votes cast for the week.
Rooney, a senior quarterback, ran for a score and threw two touchdowns to Manny Linthacum in a 42-7 win over Jefferson City in the Class 4 semifinals.
Hillsboro football player Preston Brown finished second in the voting after receiving 15,177 votes – more than 33 percent of the total votes cast.
Check out our Missouri Athlete of the Week page
PREVIOUS WINNERS: Hillsboro's Payton Brown (Nov. 13-19), Logan-Rogersville's Stewart McDonald (Nov. 6-12), Marquette's Robert Williams (Oct. 30-Nov. 5), St. Pius X's Justin Lehn (Oct. 23-29), Portageville's Jamarion Smith (Oct. 16-22), Lutheran North's James Bryant (Oct. 9-Oct. 15), Incarnate Word Academy's Sammi Bergjans (Oct. 2-Oct. 8), St. Joseph’s Academy's Paige Jackson (Sept. 25-Oct. 1), Oakville's Nina Cillo (Sept. 18-24), Grain Valley's Ty Williams (Sept. 11-17), Oakville's Amelia Wiesler (Sept. 4-10), Christian Brothers' Cole McKey (August 28-Sept. 3), St. Pius X's Elena Ruble (August 21-27).
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- Nate Latsch | latsch@scorebooklive.com | @SBLiveMiz
