Each week during the school year, The News-Press will select a player who stood out from the previous week based on coaches’ reports and school nominations sent to sports@news-press.com, as well as our own reporting. These players will be voted on every Monday on news-press.com, where readers can vote on who they think performed best.
The winner of The News-Press’ Athlete of the Week poll, sponsored by Elevate Home Service, will receive a T-shirt provided by BSN Sports and a tote bag provided by USA Today High School Sports Awards. Voting closes every Thursday at 10 a.m. Winners will be announced on the @newspresssports Instagram page and @nphssports Twitter.
Previously: Voting: News-Press Athlete of the Week, sponsored by Elevate Home Services, August 26-31
The New Press Week Athlete of the Year (Aug. 26-31), sponsored by Elevate Home Services, was Bishop Vero bowler Mia Gasperini. She earned 17,469 points, or 42.23 percent, out of 41,791 bowls thrown. She was voted in after bowling 187 points to lead her team to a win against Gateway.
To vote in this week’s poll, scroll to the bottom of this article.
The nominees for September 3-7 are:
Football attack
Madrid Tucker, Fort Myers
Tucker caught four passes for 190 yards and four touchdowns in Friday’s 55-28 win over Cypress Lake and also recorded an interception on defense.
Football Defense
Jamarion McElroy, ECS
McElroy had two interceptions in the Sentinels’ 24-9 win over Cambridge Christian on Friday, but also completed 17 of 25 passes for 239 yards and two touchdowns.
Men’s Cross Country
Craig Allard, Fort Myers
Allard won the DDD Summers Invitational meet on Saturday with a time of 16 minutes, 46 seconds.
Women’s Cross Country
Masha Dorofeyev, Fort Myers
Dorofeev finished second at the DDD Summers Invitational on Saturday with a time of 19 minutes, 51 seconds.
Boys swimming
Zach Poscon, Oasis
The junior won the 200-yard individual medley and 500-meter freestyle in Wednesday’s meet against Charlotte.
Swimming Girl
Maddie Peterman, Riverdale
Peterman won the 100 backstroke and 200 individual medley to help the Raiders win Tuesday against Cypress Lake.
volleyball
Lighting up Sedmac of Canterbury
Sedmak recorded 17 kills and 11 digs in Wednesday’s win over Oasis to lead Canterbury to a straight-set victory.
Men’s Golf
DJ Dwyer, Marriner
Dwyer led Mariner with 40 points in Thursday’s game against Riverdale.
Men’s Bowling
Trey Lemus, Mariners
Lemus pitched 227 points to lead the Tritons to a 4-1 victory over Island Coast on Thursday.
Women’s Bowling
Brooke Pabst, Cape Coral
Pabst scored a game-high 250 points in Thursday’s Seahawks game against North Fort Myers.
