Vote now: Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week

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Welcome to the Bay Area News Group (Mercury News & East Bay Times) boys Athlete of the Week poll.

For the entire academic year, we will provide a list of candidates who stood out over the previous week and allow you, the reader, to vote for the winner.

This week, we consider performances from March 11-16.

Polls close at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Vote as many times as you’d like until then without using bots or any other artificial methods of voting.

Votes by email and after 5 p.m. Wednesday are not counted.

Scroll to the bottom for the poll.

Winners are announced each Friday online and in the print edition of the Mercury News and East Bay Times sports sections.

Candidates for future Athlete of the Week polls can be nominated at highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com.

We accept nominations until 11 a.m. each Monday.

We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps by coaches/team statisticians.

On to the nominees:

Tyler Alden, Valley Christian volleyball: Led the way with 20 kills as Valley Christian outlasted host Archbishop Mitty 20-25, 25-22, 19-25, 25-17, 17-15 in West Catholic Athletic League play. Also had 19 kills in a five-set league victory over Sacred Heart Cathedral earlier in the week. Valley Christian began this week 9-7, 3-1.

Trent Amoroso, Woodside baseball: Pitched a no-hitter with 14 strikeouts and zero walks as Woodside defeated Mission 8-0 in a nonleague game. Woodside began this week with a 6-1-1 record.

Maxime Anum, Northgate lacrosse: In his team’s two victories — 11-3 over Foothill and 5-4 in double overtime over Miramonte — the senior goalie had 14 saves (66.7% save percentage) and two ground balls. Also caused a turnover as Northgate stretched its winning streak to four while improving to 7-1.

Sam Baumuller, St. Francis golf: The senior shot 67 to finish first at the (Marin Catholic) Wildcat invitational at Meadow Club in Fairfax. The low round helped St. Francis win the team competition.

Daniel Harper, El Cerrito track and field: Finished first in the 100, 200 and 4×100 relay at the Gateway to Track and Field Invitational at Buchanan High in Clovis. Ran the individual races in personal-best and North Coast Section season-leading times, 10.66 seconds in the 100 and 21.54 in the 200.

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Emmett Heath, Los Altos baseball: Helped lead the Eagles to two league victories over Palo Alto and a nonleague win over Leland. Went 1-0 on the mound with five strikeouts and zero runs allowed. At the plate, he was 6 for 12 with a home run, triple, two doubles and nine RBIs. Also scored three runs as Los Altos improved to 4-6, 2-0.

Carson Hedlund, Pioneer track and field: Crossed the finish line first in the 1,600 at the Dublin Distance Fiesta, covering the four laps in 4:12.89. Also placed third in the 800 in 1:55.76. Both are Central Coast Section season-leading times.

JJ Kinnaird, Heritage baseball: Allowed one hit, struck out 10 and walked just one over six scoreless innings as the Patriots defeated Central Valley 6-2. Also went 2 for 4 with an RBI. Heritage began this week with a 6-1-1 record.

Aiden Perry, Moreau Catholic baseball: Struck out 15 over 5 2/3 innings and allowed two hits as Moreau edged Castro Valley 2-0 in a nonleague game. Also had a hit and scored a run. Moreau ended the week 4-1.

Duncan Russell, Bishop O’Dowd baseball: Pitched six shutout innings without allowing a hit, struck out 13 and walked just one to lead the Dragons to an 11-0 victory over Archie Williams. O’Dowd finished the week 7-2.

Lukas Winn, Castro Valley volleyball: In his team’s 3-1 victory over Piedmont, the senior had 19 kills in 29 attempts (65.5%). Castro Valley won five of its six matches during the week to improve to 14-2. Winn is averaging 3.6 kills per set.

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