VOTE: Southern California Girls Athlete of the Week, September 9

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) select the Athletes of the Week for their respective region.

Each athlete is then entered into the overall Southern California Athlete of the Week vote.

Click on the newspaper links below the athlete’s name to read about their performance from last week, and then vote for who you think deserves the top honor.

Readers are allowed to vote multiple times. Voting ends at midnight, but final totals aren’t always immediately reflected due to processing.

BOYS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK VOTING

The overall winner will be announced on Friday, September 9.

Voting poll at bottom of the page.

Lizette Cervantes, Avalon: The senior outside hitter had 33 kills, 67 digs, 13 aces and 34 serve receives as she led the Avalon girls volleyball team to the Liberty Christian tournament championship in Huntington Beach on Saturday, Sept. 3. The Lancers went 6-0 in tournament play. Avalon coach Carlos Martinez said his team did not drop a set and with Cervantes’ strong play and leadership, it won every game 2-0.

Mele Corral-Blagojevich, Redondo: Corral-Blagojevich, an Oklahoma commit, recorded 19 kills to lead the Sea Hawks to a big win over Mater Dei 25-23, 14-25, 25-18, 25-21.

Hailey Church, La Habra: The setter and three-year captain recorded 39 assists, seven digs and one ace to lead the Highlanders to a 25-15, 25-22, 25-18 victory against Brea Olinda. Church posted her season-high with 46 assists in a four-set victory against Cal on Aug. 25. She has a 4.67 grade-point average.

Rylee Blade, Santiago: Blade opened her sophomore season in spectacular fashion by winning the girls sweepstakes championship of the Cool Breeze Invitational at the Pomona Fairplex course. She posted a winning time of 17 minutes, 13.5 seconds, which was 1.3 seconds ahead of the next finisher. Blade’s time marked a personal best for her on a 3-mile course and also helped the Sharks to a second-place finish in the team standings.

Victoria Fillapova, Alemany: Fillapova had 16 kills and five blocks against St. Genevieve before tallying 16 kills and seven blocks against Campbell Hall in the Warriors’ two wins last week. Alemany is 6-0.

Maya DeBrouwer, La Cañada:  The sophomore finished second, behind Corona Santiago’s Rylee Blade, in the Cool Breeze Invitational’s ASICS Sundown Showdown Saturday at the the Pomona Fairplex. DeBrouwer finished the 3-mile course in a personal-best time of 17 minutes, 14.8 seconds. She served notice that she will be one to watch this season. As a team, the Spartans finished third overall behind Great Oak and Santiago, respectively.