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Welcome to the Bay Area News Group (Mercury News & East Bay Times) boys 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 Jan. 13-18.
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.
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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:
Sebastien Aranda, Westmont soccer: The senior scored two goals to lead Westmont to a 6-0 win over Mt. Pleasant. Westmont (7-2, 4-0) is slated to host Branham on Wednesday.
Brian Chou, Homestead basketball: Chou scored 30 points in Homestead’s 71-59 win over Monta Vista. Homestead (12-3, 4-1) travels to Fremont-Sunnyvale on Wednesday.
Lytning Hazen, Dublin wrestling: The freshman won the San Ramon wrestling tournament by beating 37th-ranked Aiden Calvert from Franklin High. Hazen received outstanding light weight wrestler for his performance.
Caeden Hutcherson, Archbishop Mitty basketball: Hutcherson had 22 points in Mitty’s 68-47 win over Bellarmine. Mitty (10-4, 3-1) plays Riordan at home on Tuesday.
Jayden Minor, Mountain View basketball: The senior totaled 24 points and 12 rebounds to lead Mountain View to a 48-41 win over Los Gatos. Mountain View (8-9, 2-3) hosts Gunn on Friday.
Don Nguyen, Piedmont Hills basketball: The senior scored 18 points in the Pirates’ 79-72 win over Silver Creek. Piedmont Hills is 8-6, 2-0 and travels to Prospect on Wednesday.
Jack O’Marra, Alameda basketball: O’Marra scored 19 points and knocked down a half-court buzzer-beater in Alameda’s 54-53 win over Bishop O’Dowd. Alameda (12-5, 3-0) visits Piedmont on Thursday.
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Gavin Rendle, Campolindo basketball: Rendle scored 23 points to lead Campolindo to a 58-45 win over Ygnacio Valley. Campolindo (14-5, 4-1) travels to Northgate on Wednesday.
Christian Trusclair, St. Patrick-St. Vincent basketball: The senior scored 23 points in SPSV’s 65-57 win over St. Mary’s-Berkeley. SPSV (7-8, 2-5) hosts Bethel on Wednesday.
Dane Wallace, California basketball: Wallace scored 21 points and hit the game-winner to lead California to a 61-60 victory over Dublin — the San Ramon school’s first win over the Gaels in 15 years. California (18-2, 3-0) is in first place in the East Bay Athletic League and hosts Granada on Tuesday.
