Vote now: Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week
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Welcome to the Bay Area News Group (Mercury News & East Bay Times) girls Athlete of the Week poll.
For the entire academic year, we will provide a list of candidates who stood out over the previous week and allow you, the reader, to vote for the winner.
This week, we consider performances from Sept. 11-16.
Polls close at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Vote as many times as you’d like until then without using bots or any other artificial methods of voting.
Votes by email and any votes after 5 p.m. on Wednesday are not counted.
Scroll to the bottom for the poll.
Winners are announced each Friday online and in the print edition of the Mercury News and East Bay Times sports sections.
Candidates for future Athlete of the Week polls can be nominated at highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com.
We accept nominations until 11 a.m. each Monday.
We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps by coaches/team statisticians.
On to the nominees:
McKenzie Anderson, James Logan volleyball: Anderson, a sophomore, helped James Logan go 6-1 last week. She had 62 kills, 96 digs, 12 aces, six blocks in games against teams such as Bishop O’Dowd and Castro Valley.
Mackayla Chojnacky, San Ramon Valley flag football: Chojnacky, a freshman, pulled a total of 13 flags during Wednesday’s games against Dublin and California. The week before, Chojnacky returned an interception 25 yards.
Siena Ebeid, Priory volleyball: Ebeid, a sophomore libero, had six aces and 15 digs in a 3-0 victory over Pinewood. She has 26 aces and 43 digs in seven games this season.
Lauren Grgurina, California flag football: Grgurina, a senior, scored the only touchdown of Cal’s 7-0 victory over San Ramon Valley on Wednesday. Later in the week, the senior caught two touchdowns from Kylie Tabor, and returned one of her two interceptions for a touchdown.
Ariya Kaushek, Menlo School cross country: Kaushek, a sophomore, won the varsity girls’ race at the Woodbridge Invitational with a time of 18:15.9, ahead of 151 other runners on the 3.078-mile course.
Isabella Moen, Granada flag football: Moen, a senior, threw for 12 and 53-yard touchdowns, ran for a touchdown and passed for two 2-point conversions in a 42-6 victory over Livermore. Moen completed 10 of 19 passes for 171 yards, and ran the ball three times for 34 yards.
Alexa Musser, Los Gatos field hockey: Musser, a senior captain, scored a goal in a 2-0 victory over Archbishop Mitty. Musser, who also letters in softball, followed that up with a trio of goals in a 3-0 victory against St. Ignatius.
Reza Po, Sacred Heart Cathedral flag football: Po, a senior, caught two touchdown passes from quarterback Nicole Abunda to help SHC win its first flag football game. Po was named all-Bay Area News Group in basketball last season.
Selamawit Richardson, Oakland Tech flag football: Richardson, a wide receiver on the Oakland Tech flag football team, helped the Bulldogs get their first victory in program history against Benicia. She caught a touchdown in triple-coverage, one of four touchdown passes from QB Jhai Johnson.
Lyla Rivers, Antioch tennis: Rivers, a junior, shined in her first match at the No. 1 singles position. She defeated an opponent from Concord 6-1, 6-2 to lead Antioch to a 6-3 victory.