Each week, publications from the Southern California News Group’s 11 properties (Orange County Register, L.A. Daily News, Press-Enterprise, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena-Star News) prime the Athletes of the Week for their respective region.
Each jock is past entered into the wide Southern California Athlete of the Week vote.
Click connected the paper links beneath the athlete’s sanction to work astir their show from past week, and past ballot for who you deliberation deserves the apical honor.
Readers are allowed to ballot aggregate times. Voting ends astatine midnight, but last totals aren’t ever instantly reflected owed to processing.
BOYS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK VOTING
The wide victor volition beryllium announced connected Friday, September 10.
Voting canvass astatine bottommost of the page.
Danica Rach, Sierra Canyon: The Sierra Canyon extracurricular hitter led the Trailblazers successful 2 league victories past week – a four-set triumph implicit Viewpoint, and a expanse of Brentwood. Rach tallied 32 kills, 14 digs, 5 aces and 4 blocks successful those 2 wins. She has 135 kills successful 11 matches this season.
Tatianna Chavez, Cerritos: Chavez started her prep vocation Saturday by starring wire-to-wire successful the Dons’ Great Cow Run and mounting a schoolhouse grounds for 3 miles with an 18-minutes, 16.6-second clocking. She pulled distant from the battalion connected the last thigh to bushed Downey elder Alyssa Tapanes by a shadiness nether 10 seconds. Chavez broke Sofia Vasquez’s schoolhouse record, acceptable 2 years ago, by astir 11½ seconds.
Kaci DeMaria, Palos Verdes: The squad skipper and reigning Pacific Coast League champion posted the 2nd fastest clip wide astatine the 2-mile Fastback Invitational astatine Mt. SAC by winning her contention successful 12 minutes, 5.9 seconds. “It’s astonishing what her multi-sport grooming does,” Portola manager Victor Quiros said of Zdanavage, an All-American successful lacrosse who besides plays hoops and runs track. Zdanavage has been selected to tally successful the sweepstakes contention astatine the upcoming Woodbridge Invitational.
Jadyn Zdanavage, Portola: The squad skipper and reigning Pacific Coast League champion posted the 2nd fastest clip wide astatine the 2-mile Fastback Invitational astatine Mt. SAC by winning her contention successful 12 minutes, 5.9 seconds. “It’s astonishing what her multi-sport grooming does,” Portola manager Victor Quiros said of Zdanavage, an All-American successful lacrosse who besides plays hoops and runs track. Zdanavage has been selected to tally successful the sweepstakes contention astatine the upcoming Woodbridge Invitational.
Julia Tolstova, Redlands: Tolstova, a 5-foot-11 extracurricular hitter, registered vocation highs of 23 kills and 23 digs arsenic the Terriers outlasted Great Oak 25-19, 22-25, 16-25, 25-18, 15-12 successful a nonleague match. She followed that with 16 kills and 5 digs successful a expanse implicit La Quinta. Tolstova has helped Redlands to a 7-1 start, and she leads the squad with 97 kills (4.0 per set) and ranks 2nd with 77 digs (3.2 per set).
Jenna Garner, South Pasadena: The sophomore turned successful coagulated performances for the Tigers successful wins implicit Camarillo and Flintridge Sacred Heart. Garner had 8 kills and a serving ace successful South Pasadena’s 3-0 triumph implicit Camarillo. In the Tigers’ 3-0 roadworthy triumph implicit Flintridge Sacred Heart, Garner had 2 immense aces and 4 kills. Garner has 63 kills and a team-high 18 aces this season.