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Vote: Who should be this week's SBLive South Carolina High School Athlete of the Week (12/4/2023)?

Here are the candidates for SBLive’s South Carolina High School Athlete of the Week for Nov. 25-Dec. 2 as nominated by fans, readers and SBLive’s staff

Mike Duprez

Here are the candidates for SBLive’s South Carolina High School Athlete of the Week for Nov. 25-Dec. 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 Saturday at 11:59 p.m. and the winner will be announced in next week's poll.

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Congratulations to last week's winner: Aiden Manavian of Oceanside Collegiate Academy Football.

Here are this week's nominees:

Tucker Hendrix, Christ Church, Football

Hendrix had a near perfect day by going 9-of-11 for 242 yards and 5 touchdowns as the Cavaliers overwhelmed Johnsonville 67-21 to win their second straight 1-A state championship.

Aiden Manavian, Oceanside Collegiate Academy, Football

Manavian, a freshman, was pressed into duty when the Landsharks’ starting quarterback suffered a season-ending injury in the first round of the state playoffs. It sure worked out well for Oceanside. Manavian threw for 367 yards and 2 touchdowns as Oceanside beat Gray Collegiate Academy 35-21c for the 2-A state championship.

Tytrell Smith, Gilbert, Boys Basketball

Smith scored 25 points in the Indians’ 57-44 win over Ridge Spring-Monetta.

Emerie Davis, Carolina Forest, Girls Basketball

The 5-foot-9 sophomore scored 24 points as the Panthers beat North Myrtle Beach 51-31.

Jackson Repp, Christ Church, Football

Repp had a huge state championship with touchdowns three different ways – reception, punt return and rushing. His punt return was for 60 yards, the TD catch covered 64 yards and the rushing TD was 11 yards. Repp had 5 catches for 104 yards.

Jon Hunt, Dutch Fork, Football

The senior quarterback ran for a pair of touchdowns and threw for 135 yards as the Silver Foxes downed previously unbeaten White Knoll 21-6 to win the 5-A state championship.

Stephen Nichols, Ben Lippen, Boys Basketball

Nichols scored 25 points in a 64-47 win over Northside Christian.

Cutter Woods, Westside, Football

Woods directed a game-winning 78-yard drive culminating on a 17-yard touchdown pass to Jimmar “Tank” Boston with 15 seconds left as the Rams beat South Florence 34-32 for the 4-A state championship. The junior quarterback finished with two touchdown passes and one rushing touchdown.

Ghaleb Wilson, Andrew Jackson, Boys Basketball

Wilson erupted for 36 points in Andrew Jackson’s 62-38 win over Great Falls.

Justin Ray, Eastside, Boys Basketball

Ray had a superb all-around game with 22 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and a block as Eastside downed Hillcrest 74-62.

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MIKE DUPREZ

Mike Duprez became a freelance sports journalist for Scorebooklive.com several months after retiring from the newspaper business. A native of Oakland, California, Duprez moved around as a child due to his father’s service in the United States Marine Corps. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981. Duprez, who lives in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, had 30 years of experience in newspapers as well as other endeavors before retiring at the end of 2021. He covers stories in both North Carolina and South Carolina for Scorebooklive.com.

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