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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 Feb. 10-15.
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 after 5 p.m. 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:
David Balogun, De La Salle basketball: The senior forward scored a game-high 25 points as De La Salle routed Dougherty Valley and clinched the East Bay Athletic League title in a dominant 73-43 road victory.
Ryder Bush, Archbishop Riordan basketball: The senior guard scored 14 points and threw down three impressive dunks as top-ranked Archbishop Riordan routed Valley Christian 83-36 in San Jose.
Jay Easterday, Los Altos soccer: The senior’s first-half goal was all the scoring Los Altos would get – or needed – in a 1-0 victory over Palo Alto in a hard fought SCVAL De Anza Division matchup.
Josh Green, Bishop O’Dowd basketball: The senior guard had a night of his life against San Leandro, scoring a school-record 47 points – going 10 for 19 from 3-point distance – to break Naseem Gaskin’s old record.
Dom Hunt, MacDonald basketball: Hunt scored a game-high 19 points to lead the Condors to a 45-38 victory over Santa Clara. It was MacDonald’s first league win of the season.
Alan Macias, Hayward soccer: The junior midfielder banged in both goals of the Farmers’ 2-0 victory over crosstown opponent Mt. Eden. It was his first multi-goal game of the season, according to stats kept by MaxPreps.
Carlo Marinucci, Branham basketball: The senior wing scored 24 points and made a clutch and-one layup in Branham’s 63-61 victory over Santa Teresa. Marinucci ended the week averaging 10 points per game on the season.
Derrick Norfleet, Mt. Pleasant basketball: The freshman led Mt. Pleasant to a close 45-43 victory over Live Oak, scoring a game-high 18 points as the Cardinals improved to 9-13 in Blossom Valley-Santa Teresa East play.
Ernesto Ochoa, Andrew Hill basketball: The senior made 10 of 19 shots and scored a game-high 23 points while grabbing 17 rebounds in a Hill victory over San Jose.
