Each week, publications from the Southern California News Group’s 11 properties (Orange County Register, L.A. Daily News, Press-Enterprise, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena-Star News) select the Athletes of the Week for their respective region.
Each athlete is then entered into the overall Southern California Athlete of the Week vote.
Click on the newspaper links below the athlete’s name to read about their performance from last week, and then vote for who you think deserves the top honor.
Readers are allowed to vote multiple times. Voting ends at midnight, but final totals aren’t always immediately reflected due to processing.
BOYS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK VOTING
The overall winner will be announced on Friday, November 18.
Voting poll at bottom of the page.
Kendall Beshear, Palos Verdes: Beshear helped Palos Verdes reach the CIF Southern California Division I regional final. She had 13 kills in a three-set win over Del Norte, 23 kills in a four-set win against Liberty and 19 kills in a five-set semifinal win against Huntington Beach on Saturday, Nov. 12.
Jocelyn Pacheco, Granada Hills Charter: Pacheco crossed the finish line first at the City Section Division I prelims at Pierce College on Saturday, doing it in 18 minutes, 6.4 seconds in the 3-mile race. Pacheco finished 30 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher. She helped Granada Hills to a first-place finish in the team standings. The City Championship finals are Saturday at Pierce College.