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 March 3-8.
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 [email protected].
We accept nominations until 11 a.m. each Monday.
We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps by coaches/team statisticians.
On to the nominees:
Alec Blair, De La Salle basketball: Playing with a seriously sprained ankle, Blair scored 14 points to lead the Spartans to a 47-38 win over Folsom and a berth in the CIF NorCal Open Division title game.
Jorell Clark, Palo Alto basketball: Clark poured in 29 points to lead Palo Alto to a 63-52 win over Christian Brothers of Sacramento and a berth in the NorCal Division III championship game.
Luke Dafferner, Acalanes lacrosse: The sophomore scored five goals to lead Acalanes to a 10-6 win over Bishop O’Dowd.
Kasten Eggers, Priory basketball: Eggers led Priory with 19 points as the Panthers advanced to the NorCal Division IV championship with a 69-48 win over Berkeley.
ArDarius Grayson, Oakland Tech basketball: Grayson had a game for the ages Saturday, scoring 36 points and adding nine rebounds, seven assists, three steals and four blocks as Tech fell to SRV in the NorCal Division I semifinal round.
Luke Isaak, San Ramon Valley basketball: The senior scored 33 points and 14 rebounds as SRV took down Oakland Tech 77-74 in an overtime nail-biter.
Karan Kolappa, The King’s Academy basketball: Kolappa led TKA with 20 points as the Knights beat Carlmont 75-69 in the NorCal Division III semifinal.
Jasir Rencher, Archbishop Riordan basketball: Rencher led Riordan with 20 points as the Crusaders advanced to the NorCal Open title game with a 64-57 win over Salesian.
Aidan Wong, Mountain View soccer: Wong scored both of Mountain View’s goals as the Spartans beat Cardinal Newman 2-1 to win their first-ever NorCal regional championship.
Jacob Wrencher, Milpitas basketball: Wrencher led Milpitas with 18 points as the Trojans bowed out of the NorCal Division II bracket with a 73-45 loss to Clovis East.
