Vote now: Who should be SBLive’s Southern California High School Athlete of the Week (Sep. 30 - Oct. 2)?
Here are the candidates for SBLive’s Southern California High School Athlete of the Week for Sep. 30 - Oct. 2 as nominated by fans, readers and SBLive’s staff. Read through the nominees and cast your vote at the bottom of the page. Voting will conclude on Sunday at 11:59 p.m and the winner will be announced the following Monday. If you would like to nominate an athlete, please email us at athleteoftheweek@scorebooklive.com or tag us on Twitter or Instagram at @sbliveca.
THIS WEEK’S SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ATHLETE OF THE WEEK NOMINEES:
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Noah Celie, Apple Valley football: Celie tossed four touchdown passes and added a rushing touchdown in Thursday's 50-0 win over Serrano.
Izzy Carter, Corona Centennial football: Carter passed for 384 yards and four touchdowns on Friday night and also added 142 rushing yards and two touchdowns on the ground.
Grant Gray, Norco football: Gray caught ten passes for 135 yards and three touchdowns in Thursday's win over Vista Murrieta.
Baylin Brooks, Pasadena football: Brooks caught two touchdown passes and returned a fumble for a touchdown in Thursday's win over Burbank.
Julian Sayin, Carlsbad football: Sayin was nearly perfect on Friday against Torrey Pines, completing 15 of 18 passes for 232 yards and four touchdowns.
Conner Rath, Poway football: Rath rushed for 306 yards and four touchdowns in Poway's 51-20 win over Del Norte.
Dreyden Garner, University City football: Gardner caught a touchdown, returned a kickoff for a touchdown and returned an interception 24 yards for a touchdown in Friday's win over Mission Bay.
Damarion Wright, Morse football: Wright had 277 total yards and four touchdowns in Friday's win over Canyon Hills.
Jackson Diehl, La Jolla football: Diehl passing for 226 yards and had five touchdowns in Friday's win over San Diego.
Garrett Bass-Sulpizio, La Jolla Country Day football: Bass-Sulpizio had 272 passing yards and five touchdowns against Orange Glen.
Jaden Moore, Bishop's football: Moore caught four passes for 126 yards and three touchdowns and also had a pick-six against Francis Parker on Saturday.
Jeremiah Ingram, Warren football: Ingram had 115 receiving yards and a touchdown against Mayfair and also returned a kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown.
Cavin Ross, Lompoc football: Ross tossed two touchdowns and added three rushing touchdowns against Righetti on Friday.
Aidan Chiles, Downey football: Chiles had four touchdown passes and a rushing touchdown against Paramount.
Connor Smith, Moorpark football: Smith had 438 passing yards and four touchdowns against Newbury Park on Friday.
Nick Lavizzo, Pacifica football: Lavizzo had 14 tackles and a sack in a shutout win over Channel Islands.
Beau Bruins, Ramona football: Bruins rushed for 265 yards and five touchdowns in Thursday's win over Hillcrest.
Ethan Najera, Monrovia football: Najera rushed for 139 yards and two touchdowns against South Pasadena.
Jonathan Powell, Village Christian football: Powell had 250 all-purpose yards and a touchdown against Village Christian.
Daniel Andrade, Bonita football: Andrade passed for 375 yards and five touchdowns against Northview.
Georgie Markossian, Bonita football: Markossian caught seven passes from Andrade, totaling 138 yards and four touchdowns against Northview.
Albert Suarez, Yucaipa football: Suarez passed for 328 yards and five touchdowns against Redlands East Valley.
William Burns, Trabuco Hills football: Burns had 360 passing yards and three touchdowns and also rushed for 56 yards against Los Osos.
Travis Wood, Tesoro football: Wood had 197 rushing yards and two touchdowns against San Juan Hills.