Lincoln-San Jose soccer player Salvador Espinosa and water polo player Willow Glenn Nolan Lynch garnered more than 29,000 votes in this week’s poll for the Bay Area News Group for High School Boys’ High School Boys.
When the deadline hit Wednesday, Espinosa was ahead with 182 votes. He is the athlete of the week for October 3-8 after finishing 29,482 votes (43.05%).
Lynch came in second with 29,300 votes (42.79%), and soccer player Jordan Fuentes came in third.
Congratulations to all the nominees on this week’s grade.
Espinosa, who is 5-foot-7, 145 pounds, ran for 204 yards and two touchdowns in 31 coaches while Lincoln prevailed on the road over Christopher 27-17 in the Blossom Valley Athletic League opener for Mount Hamilton.
Both teams entered the match unbeaten.
Espinosa rushed for 695 yards and 10 TD points this season. Lincoln 6-0, 1-0.
To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, send an email to highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com by Monday, October 17 at 11 a.m. Please include stats and team results.
We also review statistics submitted to MaxPreps.com by team coaches/statisticians for their consideration.
Winners are announced every Friday on the Mercury News and East Bay Times websites, and beginning September 30, in the print edition of the sports divisions Mercury News and EP Times.
Previous winners
September 26 – October. 1: Antonio Arenas, El Camino football
September 19-24: Nick Austin, College Park water polo
September 12-17: John Ben Pau Mendoza, San Ramon Valley football team
September 5-10: Luke Baker, San Ramon Valley football team
August 28 – September. 3: Luke Labresse, Water Polo Willow Glen
August 22-27: Mikhail Popov, College Park water polo
Originally published at San Jose News Bulletin
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