Acalanes lacrosse player Luke Dafferner is the Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week for March 3-8.
In the boys poll, Dafferner had 40.78% of the vote to finish first. Mountain View soccer player Aidan Wong was second at 31.07%, and Priory basketball player Kasten Eggers took third at 19.49%.
Dafferner, a sophomore, scored five goals to lead Acalanes to a 10-6 win over Bishop O’Dowd.
Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.
To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com by Monday at 11 a.m. Please include stats and team results.
Votes by email do not count. Only votes submitted through the online poll on the Mercury News and East Bay Times websites will count.
Winners are announced each Friday on the Mercury News and East Bay Times websites and in the print edition of the Mercury News and EB Times sports sections.
