Editor’s note: Thank you for voting in this week’s poll. The Athlete of the Week poll will return after the Holiday season on Jan. 8.
Los Gatos football player AJ Minyard is the Bay Area News Group’s boys athlete of the week for Dec. 4-9 after he received 43.70% of the vote by the deadline Wednesday.
Serra soccer player Nate Coughlin finished second.
Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.
Minyard, a senior, the Wildcats on a wild comeback that fell just short in the CIF Division 2-A state title game as Central Valley Christian-Visalia held on for a 45-42 victory at Pasadena City College. In the fourth quarter, the quarterback threw for 244 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a touchdown.
We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps.com by coaches/team statisticians for consideration.
Winners are announced each Friday on the Mercury News & East Bay Times websites and in the print edition of the Mercury News and EB Times sports sections.
Source: www.mercurynews.com