VOTE: Southern California Girls Athlete of the Week, September 17

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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 17.

Voting canvass astatine bottommost of the page.

Shayna Martinez, Lakewood: The 5-foot-8 extracurricular hitter/defensive specializer was selected MVP of the prestigious Dave Mohs Tournament aft starring the Lancers (13-3) to the tourney title. The Lancers are ranked 4th this week successful CIF-SS Division 1/2. Martinez, a Lancers captain, had 37 kills and 21 digs successful the tourney aft registering 14 kills, 8 digs and 4 aces successful a 3-2 nonaccomplishment to No. 1 Mater Dei earlier successful the week.

Holly Barker, Laguna Hills: Barker impressed successful her transverse state debut, winning the Division 3 freshmen contention astatine the 37th Laguna Hills Invitational successful 16 minutes, 59.20 seconds, the fastest girls clip of the time and the 4th fastest successful conscionable history. She besides broke the meet’s all-divisions freshman grounds and Brianna Bartello’s 2014 schoolhouse record. Barker races this week successful the Woodbridge Invitational.

Sequoia Gonzales, Torrance: Gonzales posted a clip of 18:15.3 successful the three-mile people astatine past Saturday’s Rosemead Invitational. Her time, a idiosyncratic record, helped the Tartars decorativeness archetypal successful the squad standings.

Olivia Toland, La Canada: The elder extracurricular hitter turned successful a terrific show portion helping the Spartans triumph the Whitter High School Cardinal Classic Tournament. In six games implicit a two-day span, Toland averaged 14 kills with a precocious of 17 against La Serna. Toland had 12 kills successful the Spartans’ triumph implicit Palm Desert successful the final,  25-13, 25-21.

Brooke McKee, Upland: McKee registered 66 kills and 27 digs implicit 13 sets successful helping the Highlanders triumph the Division 2 title astatine the Dave Mohs Memorial Tournament successful Orange County. She was chosen the Most Valuable Player for the division. McKee had 16 kills successful the semifinal against Carlsbad and had 8 kills and 8 digs successful the last against St. Margaret’s. McKee opened the week by matching her career-high with 20 kills successful Upland’s nonleague expanse of Diamond Ranch.

Larissa Dakoske, El Camino Real: Dakoske, the Royals’ libero and elder captain, anchored the squad to a Kennedy Irish Clash Tournament triumph past week, taking down Valley Christian and Riverside King successful the Gold Division playoffs. El Camino Real went unbeaten successful the tourney aft a 3-0 expanse against West Valley League foe Chatsworth connected Wednesday. Dakoske is averaging 20 digs and six aces per lucifer this season. El Camino Real (14-1) has won 14 consecutive matches.

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