Each week, publications from the Southern California News Group’s 11 properties (Orange County Register, L.A. Daily News, Press-Enterprise, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena-Star News) select the Athletes of the Week for their respective region.
Each athlete is then entered into the overall Southern California Athlete of the Week vote.
Click on the newspaper links below the athlete’s name to read about their performance from last week, and then vote for who you think deserves the top honor.
Readers are allowed to vote multiple times. Voting ends at Friday at noon, but final totals aren’t always immediately reflected due to processing.
BOYS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK VOTING
The overall winner will be announced on Friday, February 10.
Voting poll at bottom of the page.
Jaushylynn Ruffin, Lynwood: The 5-foot-11 forward scored a team-high 22 points and grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds to help Lynwood pull off a 66-56 comeback win against Paramount in the Gateway League championship game Thursday, Feb. 2. The Knights have a first-round bye in the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs and will play St. Paul or West Torrance in the second round Saturday, Feb. 11.
Alejandra Sanchez, Northview: Sanchez won the match against Corona that clinched the second consecutive CIF Southern Section Division 1 dual meet title for Northview’s girls wrestling team. Northview won 37-34. Sanchez earned a point in the final seconds of her match for 5-4 win. “It feels really good,” said Sanchez. “I was really nervous for it, but I did it.”
Avarie Gonzalez, Los Alamitos: The goalie delivered key saves in the final week of the regular season to help the Griffins capture the Surf League title, their sixth consecutive league championship. She made 15 saves in a 1-1 draw against Huntington Beach, ranked fourth in CIF-SS Division 1 at the time, and seven saves in a…
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