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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 Nov. 24-29.
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Winners are announced each Friday online and in the print edition of the Mercury News and East Bay Times sports sections.
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On to the nominees:
Scotty Beamish Jr., The King’s Academy basketball: The freshman scored 14 points to help lead TKA to a 63-59 win over Branson in the NorCal Tip Off Classic at Dublin High School.
Miles Cooper, College Park basketball: The sophomore scored 25 points to lead College Park to a 72-36 win over Napa.
Will Corbett, Bellarmine basketball: Corbett scored 28 points on 9-for-16 shooting to lead Bellarmine to a 63-55 win over Lincoln-Stockton in the NorCal Tip Off Classic.
Lane Dalton, Miramonte football: Dalton completed 16-of-22 passes for 246 yards and rushed for two touchdowns in Miramonte’s 28-21 win over Hayward in the NCS Division IV final. Miramonte will play in the NorCal Division 5-A title game at Calaveras on Saturday.
Anthony D’Aquisto, St. Ignatius basketball: The junior scored 18 points on 7-of-8 shooting from the field and 4-of-4 from the three-point line to lead St. Ignatius to a 55-53 win over Clayton Valley at the NorCal Tip Off Classic.
Lamar Ellis, Bishop O’Dowd football: Ellis rushed for 186 yards and five touchdowns on 16 carries to lead O’Dowd to a 59-21 win over Fortuna in the NCS Division VI final. O’Dowd will play Chico on the road in the NorCal Division 5-AA title game on Friday.
Alijah Murillo, Branham cross country: Murillo, a senior, placed second in the Division II race at the CIF cross country state championships with a time of 14:49.1. His time was the third fastest overall for all Divisions and qualified to the Nike Cross Nationals in Portland, Oregon on Saturday.
Elias Obenyah, Salesian basketball: The senior Stanford commit scored 18 points to lead Salesian to a 77-54 win over Oakland Tech at the Bishop O’Dowd Thanksgiving Showcase.
John Palomo, Piedmont Hills football: Palomo threw the go-ahead touchdown pass in Piedmont Hill’s 31-30 win over Sobrato in the CCS Division V championship game. Piedmont Hills will play Balboa-San Francisco on Saturday for the NorCal Division 7-A state title.
Kenneth Ward, Pittsburg football: Ward caught eight passes for 133 yards and two touchdowns in Pittsburg’s 42-17 win over Cardinal Newman for the NCS Division I crown. The Pirates will play Central East-Fresno at home on Saturday in the NorCal Division 1-A title game.