Vote: 25 athletes up for Herald News Player of the Week for Feb. 24-Mar. 1
FALL RIVER — Twenty-five athletes from the Fall River area have been placed on the Player of the Week ballot.
This poll is for performances from Feb 24-Mar. 1. Supporters of the schools — Atlantis Charter, Case, Diman, Durfee, Somerset Berkley and Westport — and student-athletes can visit heraldnews.com to vote for the person of their choosing. There will be one male and female selected.
Somerset Berkley's Colten Pacheco recorded the most votes in the boys hoop poll (46.51) for Feb. 17-22. Westport's Jenna Egbe won the girls hoop poll with 35.21% of the vote.
Voting will conclude Mar. 9 with the winner announced here and X (formerly known as Twitter). Vote early and often.
Herald News and Taunton Daily Gazette sports editor Steven Sanchez can be reached at ssanchez@heraldnews.com. You can follow him on X (formerly known as Twitter) at @Chezsports.
This article originally appeared on The Herald News: Vote for the High School Athlete of the Week
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