Xzavier Garcia of Century voted the SBLive/SI Oregon Football Athlete of the Week (9/23/2024)

Congratulations to Century’s Xzavier Garcia for being voted SBLive/SI Oregon High School Football Athlete of the Week for the week of Sept. 9-15.
Garcia, a senior quarterback on the Century team, had 24 carries for 269 yards and three touchdowns for the Jaguars in their 32-20 win over McDaniel in a nonleague contest at Hillsboro Stadium.
Garcia received 52.05% of the vote, beating out Ryder Sawyer, a junior on the Douglas team, who finished second with 27.04%. Caystin Harral, a junior on the McDaniel team, was third with 6.46%, and Terrell Granberg, a junior on the McDaniel team, was fourth with 5.51%. There were more than 28,000 votes tallied this week.
We are accepting Oregon Athlete of the Week nominations. If you would like to nominate an athlete, email danbrood91@gmail.com.
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Dan Brood, who might be the very last of the straight-on place-kickers, has been covering high school sports in Oregon for more than 30 years, winning multiple awards for writing and photography. He started working with SBLive Sports in 2021.