It’s time to cast your vote for the Lake City Reporter Athlete of the Week for Jan. 27-Feb. 1.
Each week the LCR's news staff puts together a collection of the top performers from the week for you to vote on. Nominees are derived from scores and stats uploaded to MaxPreps, sent in by coaches, and from games attended by the LCR's reporters. Readers can then vote in the online poll to determine who the Athlete of the Week will be.
Voting ends at 4 p.m. Wednesday. The winner will be announced in the Thursday edition of the LCR as well as online.
To vote in this week’s poll, CLICK HERE.
Here are the nominees:
— Anabella Dicks, Branford girls weightlifting: won the Region 2-1A Olympic title in the 183 class with a 255 total to help the Buccaneers win the team regional title in Olympic and also placed third in traditional with a 270 total
— Jordyn Rodriguez, Suwannee girls weightlifting: swept Region 1-1A titles in traditional and Olympic in the 119 class with totals of 290 and 275, respectively, while helping the Bulldogs finish runner-up as a team in both events
— Bella Guerrier-Lajoir, Columbia girls wrestling: took home the title the 125 class at the Lady Trojan Invitational, defeating three wrestlers ranked in the top 15 in the state
— Carlos Contreras, Branford boys soccer: scored a hat trick in less than three minutes in the second half to rally the Buccaneers past Bell 3-2 and win the program’s first district title
— Carra Clark, Lafayette girls soccer: scored the lone goal in a 1-0 win over Branford as the Hornets won their fourth straight district title
— Jayden Jackson, Fort White boys basketball: led the Indians in scoring in a 3-0 week, scoring 31 points, 25 points and 17 points in victories over Lafayette (73-32), Bronson (77-38) and Eastside (48-40) as he topped 1,000 points in his career
— Kylie Beach, Lafayette girls basketball: scored 25 points in a 70-27 win over Hamilton County and then 19 in a 51-48 win over Chiefland