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 17.
Voting poll at bottom of the page.
Emma Schaaf, Trinity Classical Academy: Schaaf was pivotal in the Knights’ two playoff games last week. She notched 23 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks in a 68-39 CIF Southern Section Division 3A opening-round victory over Temple City. The junior forward then tallied 29 points and 15 rebounds in a 50-44 second-round win over Torrance on Saturday, Feb. 11.
Ashley Chea, Flintridge Prep: Chea led the Wolves to a 57-46 win over Corona del Mar in the playoffs that advanced them to the CIF-SS Division 3AA quarterfinals. They will be on the road against Sunny Hills on Wednesday. Chea, who is headed to Princeton, scored a game-high 28 points with seven rebounds and six assists. Chea has had several games this season where she scored 30 or more points.
Carissa Qureshi, Marina: The top-seeded Qureshi went 5-0 with five pins to win the 126-pound division and help the Vikings capture the CIF-SS Eastern Division title. Qureshi will carry a 29-0 record into the Masters Meet this week.
Nova Gallegos, Carson: Gallegos became Carson’s first girls wrestler to win a City Section…
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