The King’s Academy flag football player Sofia Poonen is the Bay Area News Group’s girls high school athlete of the week for Oct. 14-19.
In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Poonen had 36.72% of the votes. Alhambra flag football player Jessica Blake took second at 28.26% and Mission San Jose volleyball player Claribel Chen placed third at 16.28%.
Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.
Poonen, a senior, had 134 yards receiving and five TDs, picked off two passes and pulled five flags in games against St. Francis and Notre Dame-Belmont. Poonen is closing in on 1,000 receiving yards for the season.
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.
We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps.com by coaches/team statisticians for consideration.
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.
